Venerable conservative commentator Lou Dobbs has died at the age of 78, and although details have not yet been made public, GOP nominee and former President Donald Trump honored his old friend on Truth Social Thursday.
The Great Lou Dobbs has just passed away — A friend, and truly incredible Journalist, Reporter, and Talent. He understood the World, and what was “happening,” better than others. Lou was unique in so many ways, and loved our Country. Our warmest condolences to his wonderful wife, Debi, and family. He will be greatly missed!
He is survived by his wife and their four children. Dobbs had been noticeably absent from his iHeartRadio show, “The Great America Show,” for the last few weeks.
He posted this on Saturday after the assassination attempt on Trump, though:
The hate and division the Marxist Dems have inflicted upon this country is beyond words. Political persecution has only made the man stronger so there was only one option left -- and it was one that some of us feared could happen. We are all praying for a speedy recovery for DJT! pic.twitter.com/e0jynnr9wX
— Lou Dobbs (@LouDobbs) July 13, 2024
Dobbs had a long and storied career:
Lou Dobbs is originally from Childress County, Texas. His father owned a propane business and his mother worked as a bookkeeper. However, at the age of 12, the propane business went belly up and the family ended up moving to Rupert, Idaho. He remained here for the rest of his high school career. He then attended Harvard University where he received a Bachelor of Arts in economics in 1967.
After finishing his bachelor’s degree, he remained on the east coast where he worked in both Boston and Washington, D.C. He also attended law school and worked as a financial specialist in Los Angeles before eventually moving to Arizona to work as a police and fire reporter in Yuma. Within a few years, he worked as a television anchor and then a reporter in Phoenix at KING-TV. Less than a decade after beginning his career as a journalist, Ted Turner gave him a call and informed him about a new station he was developing that would be called CNN.
From there, he went on to host “Lou Dobbs Tonight” on CNN from 2003 to 2009 until he fell out of favor with that network and moved on to Fox News for the years 2011 to 2021. From 2021 until his death, he hosted "The Great America Show" on iHeart Radio and loudobbs.com.
— Lou Dobbs (@LouDobbs) July 18, 2024
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The outspoken, often controversial Dobbs was famously fired from Fox in 2021, 24 hours after the host and the network were named in a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit filed by voting technology company Smartmatic, who claimed they were defamed by Dobbs’ questioning of the presidential election results. Many felt that he was a “sacrificial lamb.” Said one analyst: “They would throw somebody over the side and see if that was enough. This is an effort to cauterize the wound to distance Fox” from the controversy.
Dobbs was a unique and entertaining newsman, and he wasn’t afraid to share his opinions, even when they got him into trouble. My wife and I used to watch him and found him refreshing and bold, as did his many loyal viewers.
May he rest in peace.
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