David Broder: 1929-2011

David S. Broder, 81, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post and one of the most respected writers on national politics for four decades, died Wednesday, March 9, 2011, in Arlington, Va., of complications from diabetes.

Photo: From left to right, Robert Novak of Chicago Sun-Times, William Safire of New York Times, Tim Russert, Broder, and Joe Klein of New Yorker participate in a round table discussion for NBC's "Meet the Press," Dec. 8, 2002, during a taping at the NBC studios in Washington, D.C.

David Broder, "Dean of D.C. press corps," dies

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