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Sad news today. Paul Weyrich passed away. Here’s part of the news release:
Paul M. Weyrich, 66, who helped found the Heritage Foundation and at one time was one of Washington’s most visible conservatives, died this morning. At his death, he was president and CEO of the Free Congress Foundation.
Heritage announced this morning: “Paul M. Weyrich, chairman and CEO of the Free Congress Foundation and first president of The Heritage Foundation, died this morning around 1 a.m. He was 66 years old. Weyrich was a good friend to many of us at Heritage, a true leader and a man of unbending principle. He won Heritage’s prestigious Clare Boothe Luce Award in 2005. Weyrich will be deeply missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, including son Steve, who currently works at Heritage.”
Paul Weyrich was a conservative in the true sense of the word: a man who drew from the enduring principles, most of them rooted in his deep faith in God. Mr. Weyrich was a deacon in the Melkite Church, an office he faithfully served in gratitude to His Savior whom he now sees face to face. I saw this in a visit with him last January. I attended the March for Life in Washington, DC and called Mr. Weyrich for an appointment to see him. He graciously consented and we talked for over an hour. He invited me to address his legendary Wednesday afternoon luncheon and tell his audience about AOI, which I did.