Escritor e crítico Christopher Hitchens morre aos 62 anos: diferenças entre revisões

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[[File:Christopher Hitchens.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Christopher Hitchens speaking in 2007 at the TAM5 conference in Las Vegas.]]
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British-born author, journalist and political commentator [[w:Christopher Hitchens|Christopher Hitchens]] has died aged 62 on 15 December 2011 due to esophageal cancer.
British-born author, journalist and political commentator [[w:Christopher Hitchens|Christopher Hitchens]] has died aged 62 on 15 December 2011 at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in {{w|Houston, Texas}}, following a diagnosis of esophageal cancer in June 2010.

After graduating from Oxford with a third-class degree in politics, philosophy and economics in 1970, Hitchens wrote for the {{w|Times Higher Educational Supplement}} briefly, before moving on to the {{w|New Statesman}} where he met the novelist {{w|Martin Amis}}. After moving to the United States in 1981, he started writing for U.S.-based publications like {{w|Vanity Fair}}, {{w|The Atlantic}} and {{w|Slate}}.

In his memoirs, ''Hitch-22'', he wrote of having sex with two male members of {{w|Margaret Thatcher|Margaret Thatcher's}} cabinet.


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Christopher Hitchens speaking in 2007 at the TAM5 conference in Las Vegas.

British-born author, journalist and political commentator Christopher Hitchens has died aged 62 on 15 December 2011 at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, following a diagnosis of esophageal cancer in June 2010.

After graduating from Oxford with a third-class degree in politics, philosophy and economics in 1970, Hitchens wrote for the Times Higher Educational Supplement briefly, before moving on to the New Statesman where he met the novelist Martin Amis. After moving to the United States in 1981, he started writing for U.S.-based publications like Vanity Fair, The Atlantic and Slate.

In his memoirs, Hitch-22, he wrote of having sex with two male members of Margaret Thatcher's cabinet.

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