More. They could see his brilliance but they could also feel his sincerity. Charles always said what he thought was true. He was an honest and genuinely decent man and it shone through. Charles also may be the bravest man i met personally. It takes courage to stay cheerful and humane for 68 years, doubly so given the remarkable challenges that he faced in the last 44 of those years. But he did it. Charles was totally unintimidated all the way through, brave and Clear Thinking to the end. What a man. Tonight we want to talk to some of the people that knew him best here at fox, starting with his friend of many years, brit hume, who joins us tonight. Brit, people left Charles Krauthammer, even those who disagreed with him. What was it about him that they were responding to . It was a rare combination, tucker, and the sense that he had this extraordinary intelleca sort of admired and none of us realized none of us thought we could ever come close to equaling. He was literally in a class by
Sincerity. Charles always said what he thought was true. He was an honest and genuinely decent man and it shone through. It was not a pose. Charles also may be the bravest man i met personally. It takes courage to stay cheerful and humane for 68 years, doubly so given the remarkable challenges that he faced in the last 44 of those years. But he did it. Charles was totally unintimidated all the way through, brave and Clear Thinking to the end. What a man. Tonight we want to talk to some of the people that knew him best here at fox, starting with his friend of many years, brit hume, who joins us tonight. Brit, people loved Charles Krauthammer, even those who disagreed with him. What was it about him that they were responding to . It was a rare combination, tucker, in the sense that he had this extraordinary intellect and one that all of us sort of admired and none of us realized none of us thought we could ever come close to equaling. He was literally in a class by himself. He was one of
This is a fox news alert. We remember beloved fox news commentator Charles Krauthammer who passed away after a long fight with cancer. Fox news commentator Charles Krauthammer inspired millions over 68 years. Bret baer shares his emotional tribute to his friend. It is my job. Charles krauthammer, columnist, author and fox news commentator lived his life telling others exactly what he thought. You are betraying your whole life if you dont say what you think and say it honestly and bluntly. That quality brought charles to Fox News Channel during brit humes tenure as anchor. This is not a potential tv star. He became a huge star on this channel and it was the sheer force of his intellect and power of his thinking. On top of that there was a gentleness about him. If he disagreed with you you never felt attacked, he just disagreed with you. He was always the leader because of his delivery, his intellect. Reporter stage manager mary dan are was on set with charles every night for years. An o
Steve krauthammer leaves behind his wife robin and son daniel. He was 68 years old. Brian some times you write a book and when a book comes out, you want it to be successful. For us, i think we benefited the most when he wrote his book. Because we got a chance to see him countless time because the book stayed number one, top three. Going to keep this going. He came back and forth, which wasnt easy. A number of times. We had a chance to interview him at length, talk to him for a long time. Weave got to see what the d. C. Bureau saw on a daily basis. His insight. His kindness and his intellect. Ainsley all these pictures were taken at a book signing or book party that we had at fox to congratulate him on his success. The things that matter, three decades of pafingses, past times and politics. Just the title alone is wonderful. Things that matter. Im sure it will hit the charts against. New york times best seller list for 40 weeks. Number one for 10 weeks. Steve it sold a lot because peop