He was a manager of Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign, then later became a political commentator on Fox News.
Bob Beckel, who managed the 1984 presidential campaign of Democrat Walter Mondale and later became a fixture on television as a political analyst, including as a co-host of the Fox News panel show “The Five,” died Feb. 20 at his home in Silver Spring, Md. He was 73.The death was confirmed by his daughter, MacKenzie Beckel, who did not specify a cause. A spokesman for the Maryland medical examiner’s office said determination of the cause of death is pending further tests.
He established a consulting firm and advised major organizations on media strategies. He also began a second career as a political commentator, and by the early 1990s, Mr. Beckel was often seen on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Fox’s “Off the Record” and CNN’s “Crossfire.” He also had a long-running point-counterpoint column in USA Today with conservative writer Cal Thomas.“Only in America,” Mr.
Early in his tenure on “The Five,” Mr. Beckel mentioned he was a recovering addict who had struggled with alcohol and cocaine. In 2015, he took a leave from the show for back surgery, then sought treatment for dependence on painkillers. During his absence, he was fired by Fox. Robert Gilliland Beckel was born Nov. 15, 1948, in New York City and grew up in Lyme, Conn. His father was a high school and college teacher and civil rights advocate. His mother had been a model. Both parents were alcoholics, Mr. Beckel wrote in a 2015 memoir, “I Should Be Dead: My Life Surviving Politics, TV, and Addiction.”
Afterward, Mr. Beckel was hospitalized in a psychiatric ward, sought treatment for addiction and said he became a born-again Christian.
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