NBC News analyst Howard Fineman, 75, dies after brave cancer battle
NY Post
Howard Fineman, a longtime Washington scribe and television commentator for NBC and MSNBC, died on Tuesday at the age of 75.
Fineman’s wife, Amy Nathan, broke the news on social media that he had passed away after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer.
Nathan posted a message on Fineman’s X account, writing: “This is Howard’s wife, Amy Nathan. I am heartbroken to share my brilliant and extraordinary husband passed away late last night surrounded by those he loved most, his family. He valiantly battled pancreatic cancer for 2 years. He couldn’t have been adored more. The world was a better place because he lived in it and wrote about it.”
Beginning in 1980, Fineman had spent 30 years at Newsweek, where he served as chief political correspondent and deputy Washington bureau chief during the magazine’s heyday. He also served as a global editor of HuffPost in 2012.
The journalist also frequently appeared on NBC News and MSNBC for years and became a familiar face to TV viewers through his appearances on shows including MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell,” “The Rachel Maddow Show,” PBS’s “Washington Week in Review” and CNN’s “Capital Gang Sunday.”
Stricken with terminal cancer, Fineman was recently interviewed by HuffPost’s Sam Stein, to whom he recounted the trajectory of his journalism career.
