Patrick Jake ‘P. J.’ O’Rourke is an American political satirist, journalist and author.
He is best recognized for his books, of which the latest ones are, ‘Don’t Vote! – It Just Encourages the Bastards’, ‘Holidays in Heck’.
Two of his books released in the 1990s were listed on the New York Times Best Seller List – ‘Parliament of Whores’ and ‘Give War a Chance’.
PJ O’Rourke Cause of Death: How Did PJ O’Rourke Die?
In September 2008, O’Rourke announced that he had been diagnosed with treatable anal cancer, from which he expected “a 95% chance of survival.
PJ O’Rourke was born on November 14, 1947, in Toledo, Ohio, to Delphine, a housewife, and Clifford Bronson O’Rourke, a car dealer.
He obtained his undergraduate degree from Miami University in 1969 and earned an MA in English at Johns Hopkins University.
PJ was known as the face of a long-running series of television advertisements for British Airways in the 1990s.
O’Rourke married Amy Lumet from 1990 to 1993. Subsequently, married Tina in 1995.
O’Rourke died from lung cancer on February 15, 2022, at age, 74.
He left behind his spouse, Tina, and their children Elizabeth, Olivia and Clifford.