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class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Tony Blankley</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1948-01-21</span>)</span>January 21, 1948<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">January 7, 2012<span style="display:none">(2012-01-07)</span> (aged 63)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">American</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">UCLA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">B.S.</a> (<a href="/wiki/Political_science" title="Political science">political science</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Loyola_Marymount_University" title="Loyola Marymount University">Loyola Marymount University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">J.D.</a><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_London" title="University of London">University of London</a>, international law certificate</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fairfax_High_School_(Los_Angeles)" title="Fairfax High School (Los Angeles)">Fairfax High School (Los Angeles)</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Public relations executive, <a href="/wiki/Newspaper_editor" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspaper editor">newspaper editor</a>, television commentator, radio commentator, prosecutor, <a href="/wiki/Child_actor" title="Child actor">child actor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">Notable work</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations?</i> (2005)<br /><i>American Grit: What It Will Take to Survive and Win in the 21st Century</i> (2009)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Lynda Davis <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1985–2012</span> (his death)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Notes</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align: left;"><sup id="cite_ref-WashTimesObit_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WashTimesObit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Anthony David Blankley</b> (January 21, 1948 – January 7, 2012) was an American political analyst who served as press secretary for <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives">Speaker of the House</a> <a href="/wiki/Newt_Gingrich" title="Newt Gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a> and as a regular panelist on <i><a href="/wiki/The_McLaughlin_Group" title="The McLaughlin Group">The McLaughlin Group</a></i>. He later became an executive vice president at <a href="/wiki/Edelman_(firm)" title="Edelman (firm)">Edelman</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>–based public relations firm.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a visiting senior fellow in national security communications at <a href="/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation" title="The Heritage Foundation">The Heritage Foundation</a> and<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a weekly contributor to the nationally syndicated <a href="/wiki/Public_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Public radio">public radio</a> programme <i><a href="/wiki/Left,_Right_%26_Center" title="Left, Right & Center">Left, Right & Center</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> author of <i>The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations?</i> and <i>American Grit: What It Will Take to Survive and Win in the 21st Century</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2002 to 2009, he served as editorial page editor at <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Times" title="The Washington Times">The Washington Times</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Blankley&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blankley was born in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England, on January 21, 1948. He was a child actor briefly, appearing as <a href="/wiki/Rod_Steiger" title="Rod Steiger">Rod Steiger</a>'s son in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Harder_They_Fall_(1956_film)" title="The Harder They Fall (1956 film)">The Harder They Fall</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Humphrey_Bogart" title="Humphrey Bogart">Humphrey Bogart</a> and released in 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The movie was, as Blankley liked to joke, both his and his co-star Bogart's last movie.<sup id="cite_ref-NYTObit_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTObit-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He graduated from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">University of California, Los Angeles</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-UclaAlumniNet_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UclaAlumniNet-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then <a href="/wiki/Loyola_Law_School" title="Loyola Law School">Loyola Law School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, where he earned a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">J.D.</a><sup id="cite_ref-CreatorBio_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CreatorBio-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was <a href="/wiki/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States" title="Admission to the bar in the United States">admitted</a> to the <a href="/wiki/State_Bar_of_California" title="State Bar of California">State Bar of California</a> in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Blankley&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blankley spent ten years as a <a href="/wiki/Deputy_attorney_general" title="Deputy attorney general">deputy attorney general</a> with the <a href="/wiki/California_attorney_general" class="mw-redirect" title="California attorney general">California attorney general</a>'s office.<sup id="cite_ref-UclaAlumniNet_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UclaAlumniNet-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He then served in the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Ronald_Reagan" title="Presidency of Ronald Reagan">Reagan administration</a> as a policy analyst and speechwriter,<sup id="cite_ref-CreatorBio_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CreatorBio-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was a staff writer for Congresswoman <a href="/wiki/Bobbi_Fiedler" title="Bobbi Fiedler">Bobbi Fiedler</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then served for seven years as press secretary to <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives">House Speaker</a> <a href="/wiki/Newt_Gingrich" title="Newt Gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a>. </p><p>From 2002 to 2009, Blankley was an editorial page editor for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Times" title="The Washington Times">The Washington Times</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a contributing editor and monthly columnist for <a href="/wiki/George_(magazine)" title="George (magazine)"><i>George</i></a> magazine,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a regular panelist on <i><a href="/wiki/The_McLaughlin_Group" title="The McLaughlin Group">The McLaughlin Group</a></i>. He was a regular commentator for radio shows, including <i><a href="/wiki/The_Diane_Rehm_Show" title="The Diane Rehm Show">The Diane Rehm Show</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Left,_Right_%26_Center" title="Left, Right & Center">Left, Right & Center</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Steve_Gill" title="Steve Gill">The Steve Gill Show</a></i> with a segment titled <i>Fill In the Blanks</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, he authored a book, <i>The West's Last Chance</i>, in which he argued that, "Within our lifetimes, Europe could become <a href="/wiki/Eurabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurabia">Eurabia</a>, a continent overwhelmed by militant <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>, which poses a greater threat to the United States than <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> did."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He lectured at universities and institutes. On November 19, 2009, he presented his lecture, <i>A Year out from the 2010 Congressional Elections – National Politics, Policy and their Communication</i>, at the <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Institute_of_Politics" title="New Hampshire Institute of Politics">New Hampshire Institute of Politics</a> at <a href="/wiki/Saint_Anselm_College" title="Saint Anselm College">Saint Anselm College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_views">Political views</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Blankley&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political views"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His political opinions were considered to fall within <a href="/wiki/Traditional_conservatism" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional conservatism">traditional conservatism</a>, although he was labeled as a <a href="/wiki/Neoconservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Neoconservative">neoconservative</a> by some critics. He denied that label, claiming that his views are more comparable to a classic conservative such as <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Blankley&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Blankley died of <a href="/wiki/Stomach_cancer" title="Stomach cancer">stomach cancer</a> at <a href="/wiki/Sibley_Memorial_Hospital" title="Sibley Memorial Hospital">Sibley Memorial Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, on January 7, 2012, at age 63.<sup id="cite_ref-WashTimesObit_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WashTimesObit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYTObit_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTObit-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_filmography">Selected filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Blankley&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Selected filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents" title="Alfred Hitchcock Presents">Alfred Hitchcock Presents</a></i> (1955) (Season 1 Episode 12: "Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid") as boy</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Harder_They_Fall_(1956_film)" title="The Harder They Fall (1956 film)">The Harder They Fall</a></i> (1956) as Nick's son</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tony_Blankley&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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