Renowned Author and Activist David Horowitz Passes Away at 86 After a Lengthy Battle with Cancer
A Great Warrior for Freedom Has Passed Away.
One of the great Americans of our age, David Horowitz, died on Tuesday at the age of 86.
David Horowitz was one of the towering intellects and most perceptive thinkers of the late twentieth century and early twenty-first; he was also a man of unusual courage and remarkable vision. Though few people today realize it, David Horowitz was also one of the most influential people of our time, as he was one of the first leftists of any prominence to leave the leftist ranks and become a stalwart warrior for freedom.
Multitudes followed in his wake, often without realizing who it was who had blazed the trail for them. We are all in his debt not only for blazing that trial, but for the fact that after he established himself as a voice for freedom, sound values, and patriotism, David Horowitz spearheaded efforts to seize the intellectual and moral initiative from the left, and to articulate a vision for an America that really is the land of the free and the home of the brave.
After decades of the left’s cultural hegemony, David Horowitz played a massive role in establishing a large-scale movement of American patriots who refused to accept the claims of self-anointed “progressives” that their victory was inevitable, that they were on the right side of history, and that surrender was wiser than resistance. Today, that movement is broad-based, and one of its foremost exponents is in the Oval Office. Trump himself called Horowitz his “great friend.”
On behalf of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, we are very saddened to announce the passing of the Center’s founder, David Horowitz. After a lengthy battle with cancer, David passed yesterday at the age of 86.
— David Horowitz (@horowitz39) April 29, 2025
David Horowitz, 1939-2025. Requiescat in pace. pic.twitter.com/F47yooJL3K
Whenever I think of David Horowitz, I think of the infamous “for it” quote that he extracted from an anti-Semitic jihadist sympathizing student.
— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) April 29, 2025
R.I.P. pic.twitter.com/ehxlc8klrp
2 comments:
Years ago, my first husband and I drove hours to hear David Horowitz speak at UVA. Usually, my first husband didn't pay much attention to my political involvement. But this time, he was held rapt by Dr. Horowitz and felt that the two hours went by too quickly. On the way home, he said to me, "No wonder you do what you do." Quite a testimony to the power of David Horowitz's speaking!
That is so cool. Thanks for telling me about that.
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