Conservative media icon Charles Krauthammer has revealed he is dying of most cancers and says he is been informed he has solely weeks to stay.
In a letter to mates and colleagues, he says he had a cancerous tumor faraway from his stomach final August and that it triggered a sequence of well being problems which have stored him hospitalized for months.
He thought he was making progress towards therapeutic, till now.
"Recent tests have revealed that the cancer has returned. There was no sign of it as recently as a month ago, which means it is aggressive and spreading rapidly. My doctors tell me their best estimate is that I have only a few weeks left to live. This is the final verdict. My fight is over," Krauthammer states.
The conservative political analyst identified for his contributions to Fox News and the Washington Post has additionally been a visitor of CBN and Regent University through the years.
As a media character, Krauthammer has been a main voice within the conservative motion. But that wasn't at all times the case. He was as soon as on the liberal facet of politics.
He informed CBN News' John Jessup in 2013, "People ask me, 'How do you go from Walter Mondale to Fox News?' As I clarify it in my guide (Things That Matter) the reply is easy: I used to be younger as soon as."
"I've always had a sense of a Providential hand in American history," he mentioned, saying it was nothing wanting a miracle that America's Founders turned out to be the best political geniuses in historical past.
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Now, by way of his farewell letter, Krauthammer is giving thanks for the chance he is had to play a position in serving to others notice reality and assist America keep the course.
"I thank my colleagues, my readers, and my viewers, who have made my career possible and given consequence to my life's work. I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through honest debate and rigorous argument is a noble undertaking. I am grateful to have played a small role in the conversations that have helped guide this extraordinary nation's destiny."
"I leave this life with no regrets. It was a wonderful life – full and complete with the great loves and great endeavors that make it worth living," Krauthammer writes. "I am sad to leave, but I leave with the knowledge that I lived the life that I intended."
Five years in the past, CBN's Pat Robertson requested him if America may survive a rising selfishness that has led to a large nationwide debt. Here's Krauthammer's response: