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Conservative stalwart Buckley dead at 82

By Jeff Fecke | 02.27.08 | 11:26 am

PhotobucketWilliam F. Buckley, Jr., a staunch conservative who founded The National Review magazine, died today at age 82 of emphysema.

Buckley was known as one of the leading thinkers of the conservative movement. Though born in New York…