Doug Brinkley, Presidential biographer, professional mourner

Brinkley returns

What comes after death? If you’re famous, Doug Brinkley.

Brinkley, who Slate’s David Plotz called “John [F. Kennedy] Jr.’s most prolific mourner” appears to be making an encore appearance for the death of Hunter S. Thompson. Plotz on Brinkley, following the death of JFK, Jr:

Between Saturday and Tuesday, Brinkley appeared on MSNBC, Late Edition, Meet the Press, Good Morning America, Dateline, Today (twice), and NPR (twice). He also penned columns about his relationship with Kennedy for Newsweek and the New York Times, and was quoted everywhere else ink touches paper.

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