Richard Mellon Scaife has died

[edbermac]

US billionaire publisher and influential conservative Richard Mellon Scaife has died aged 82.

His death comes less than two months after he had announced he had an untreatable form of cancer.

The heir to the Mellon banking and oil fortune, he helped finance the election campaigns of Republican Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan.

Mr Scaife also backed inquiries in the 1990s to discredit the then Democratic President, Bill Clinton.

Ms Scaife died early on Friday at his home, his newspaper - the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - reported.

It said his death came just just one day after his 82nd birthday, without providing further details.

Mr Scaife was an ardent supporter of right-wing causes, contributing hundreds of millions of dollars to think-tanks, lobbyists and conservative newspapers and magazines.

http://m.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-28167384

[TreasonousBastard]

1. That's one down.

[hrmjustin]

2. I have nothing good to say so I will leave it at that.

[City Lights]

9. Same here. nt

[lapfog_1]

3. Another gravesite for me to visit.

[Brother Buzz]

4. To Hell with that De mortuis nil nisi bonum shit

[boston bean]

5. What a shame..

[hlthe2b]

6. well, this is one I will NOT be expending effort trying to find something "nice" to say...

while I'm sure the RW and his family will miss him, the ones who "loved" him are clearly as corrupt and devoid of decency as himself.

[TwilightGardener]

7. RIP on into the ethers.

[roguevalley]

8. as a spiritualist, this is what I believe is happening to him and you can take it for what

its worth.

He is back to the source, the energy from which we all come. He is having to review his life and all the decisions he has made. He also has to live the consequences of those decisions from the viewpoint of those he harmed, all their suffering he has to feel, that and the suffering of everyone who knows them as well. Every action good and bad is a ripple in the fabric of life and it affects well beyond those involved directly. A man is humiliated, gets drunk, beats the wife, hits someone and kills them, all of it is his consequence because Scaife's actions began the rest that follows. Imagine the scale of his misery right now as he stands without shelter from the truth? That is justice.