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William F. Buckley
United States
William F. Buckley, the conservative intellectual who founded National Review in 1955, was a prolific author and television personality. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and a National Book Award. Buckley was also an actor, appearing in shows like Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and the documentary Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media. He died on February 27, 2008, in Stamford, Connecticut, from emphysema.