Christopher Hitchens

Dead

Born: 4/13/1949 in Portsmouth, England, UK
Died: 12/15/2011
Age: 62
Cause of death: cancer of the esophagus

Full name: Christopher Eric Hitchens
Noted For: writer; promoted athiesm and liberalism but also supported Bush's "War on Terror"; published in Vanity Fair (1992-2011). Books include God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (2007).

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