US satirist Buchwald dies aged 81

Art Buchwald, a Pulitzer Prize-winning US writer and author of 33 books, has died at the age of 81, his son says.

Known for his wry humour, he published his final book, Too Soon to Say Goodbye, in November of last year.

The book includes his plan for getting a big newspaper obituary: Don’t die on the same day as a Nobel Prize winner.

He suffered from kidney failure a year ago and went into hospice, where he was not expected to live long.

But he defied doctors’ predictions, surviving for nearly a year despite refusing dialysis treatment.

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