Howard Fineman Dies: Journalist And TV Political Analyst Was 75

Howard Fineman, the journalist, columnist and television commentator known for his keen insight and analysis on all things politics, has died at age 75.

Fineman passed away on Tuesday night after a longtime battle with pancreatic cancer, his wife, Amy Nathan, wrote on his X/Twitter social media account.

Fineman was a ubiquitous presence as an analyst and commentator on NBC News and MSNBC, supplementing his longtime career at Newsweek. There, he was the publication’s political correspondent, senior editor and and deputy bureau chief, including a regular political column. His work included numerous cover stories, including President George W. Bush’s first extensive interview after 9/11 and another cover story, Bush and God, was part of a series that won a National Magazine Award.

He later was global editorial director at Huffington Post.

Fineman also was a regular panelist on Washington Week in Review on PBS from 1983 to 1995, and on CNN’s The Capital Gang Sunday from 1995 to 1998.

Fineman started his career at The Courier-Journal in Louisville, where he covered state politics as well as the region’s coal industry and environment. He joined the paper’s Washington bureau in 1978, and to Newsweek in 1980.

Fineman’s book, The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country, was published in 2008.

In addition to his wife, Fineman is survived by daughter Meredith, son Nick and daughter in law Summer.