Andrew Beitbart: Remembering An Enormous Talent

Andrew Breitbart's life ended far too early.
At 43 he surely had many more accomplishments ahead of him: more causes to champion; more stories to uncover; more scoundrels to confront and challenge; more hell to raise.
This great champion of the conservative movement and digital media visionary had tasks yet to complete -- especially now when freedom is on the line in our own country.
So it's cruel and tragic that he should be taken from us so early.
I had the pleasure of seeing Breitbart in action in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia at a Tea Party event where he was joined by another champion of the cause, Joey Vento of Geno's Steaks. They had a lot in common: both were passionate, genuine, bigger-than-life personalities. They had a lot of heart.
Now both are gone.
The following statement was posted on Breitbart's website today:
"With a terrible feeling of pain and loss we announce the passing of Andrew Breitbart. We have lost a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a dear friend, a patriot and a happy warrior."
The Los Angeles Coroner's Office confirms that Breitbart died shortly after midnight at UCLA Medical Center.  Breitbart was known to suffer from coronary problems.
Andrew Breitbart was a passionate personality who had the sense of a showman about him. He didn't pretend to be anything other thanh what he was. He was a propagandist for all that he believed in -- most notably conservative principles. He was an iconoclast and a fearless warrior. I loved the way he made powerful, hypocritical liberals squirm.
He was funny, spontaneous, lively, intense, raucous, outrageous, and very often right-on-target.
When I saw him in person I was struck by his immense kinetic energy. He could not be contained; could not be stifled; could not be controlled,
And as I watched him and listened to him I thought of the challenge that Oliver Wendell Holmes gave all of us when he said: "A person should share in the action and the passion of his times at the cost of being judged not to have lived."
Andrew Breitbart made his mark.
He shared in the action and passion of his times.
He made a huge difference.
He lived.