Bob Beckel, former co-host of Fox News’
‘The Five,’ dead at 73
New York Post,
by
Ariel Zilber
Original Article
Posted By: shalimar,
2/22/2022 1:01:35 PM
Bob Beckel, the longtime Democratic operative whose appearances on Fox News Channel included a stint as host of “The Five,” has died. He was 73 years old.
FNC star Sean Hannity announced Beckel’s death during his nightly primetime show on Monday.
“We miss him already,” Hannity said of his former FNC colleague, whom he called a “dear friend.” Beckel was campaign manager during Democratic Party nominee Walter Mondale’s ill-fated run for the presidency in 1984. He also served in the State Department during the Carter administration.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
pinger 2/22/2022 1:08:52 PM (No. 1079504)
I don't wish will ill on the departed and hope his family will find peace. When he was on The Five I never liked him for a couple of reasons. He seemed to blow off the handle often (Geraldo???) with a lot of bluster and no facts---and---I always thought he showed up to the show unprepared and always leaned on his long-past bona fides as something that meant anything in the current moment. But that's just me.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Toby Ten Bears 2/22/2022 1:35:15 PM (No. 1079535)
The one thing Beckel was consistently right about was that China was our biggest threat. He nailed that one!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
griddog1 2/22/2022 1:36:47 PM (No. 1079538)
He now knows the truth.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Maggie2u 2/22/2022 1:37:34 PM (No. 1079541)
When I started watching The Five, he was a regular and I always thought he was either high or drunk. When they replaced him with moron Williams, the only good thing about that is that moron was sober. Now they have Geraldo as one of the liberals. The only liberal they have that seems half-way intelligent is Harold Ford Jr.. The producers would be better off leaving the 'liberal' chair empty.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Lazyman 2/22/2022 1:39:11 PM (No. 1079542)
I always wondered what Times Square Bar he hung out at before the show. RIP.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Sardonic 2/22/2022 2:08:21 PM (No. 1079580)
That's a shame. His grumpy persona was entertaining.
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He was your typical Democrat liberal- he could be counted on to excuse every stupid move made by Carter, Clinton and Obama. Always read off the Democrat playbook and bad mouthed every Republican. In the end his party left him behind. Still he was more interesting than that has been Geraldo Rivera who has made the Five unwatchable.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
vhs68 2/22/2022 2:32:34 PM (No. 1079616)
Who cares? He was always a slob to me!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
DVC 2/22/2022 2:38:28 PM (No. 1079625)
I saw him a few times on The Five and he didn't strike me as a nice person. I disagree with Juan Williams a lot, politically, but I think he's a nice man, other than being (or at least playing) a leftist nut.
Beckel didn't come across that way to me. Seemed like he'd be a bully in person. I didn't know him, didn't and don't hate him, but I disagreed with his politics very much, and would have turned down an invitation to have a meal with him, too. Not that that was ever going to happen.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 2/22/2022 2:53:33 PM (No. 1079636)
Remember seeing Beckel on The Five. More than once I had the impression he was not in good health. There were times he was nice, and other times he was nasty. It was an unusual mixture of both because at times you did not know what you were going to get.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
earlybird 2/22/2022 3:10:03 PM (No. 1079649)
From his Wiki page:
Beckel was a recovering alcoholic.[3][32] He spoke openly about his past addictions to drugs and alcohol, admitting in July 2011 on The Five: "I'm a recovering addict and cocaine was my drug of choice."
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 2/22/2022 4:04:18 PM (No. 1079687)
Another vaxxident? Rest In Peace Bob.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
garyhope 2/22/2022 4:25:04 PM (No. 1079709)
Suspenders,.....So 80's. Put a jacket on.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Strike3 2/22/2022 4:25:37 PM (No. 1079710)
Please forgive me for all the times I wished he would drop over and stop speaking. All we have now is Geraldo and Juan for token gnats.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 2/22/2022 4:29:51 PM (No. 1079716)
I sort of liked Bob Beckel. He was my favorite liberal on The Five. Beckel had a reasonable side. For example, he hated radical islam.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Trump'sCousin 2/22/2022 5:21:58 PM (No. 1079761)
Good riddance to bad rubbish. Everyone is faking sympathy anyway.
What a miserable, odious, obnoxious creature he was.
NEXT!
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
lakerman1 2/22/2022 5:40:59 PM (No. 1079773)
Beckel was an old time righteous liberal, sort of in the mold of Harry Truman.
But when Beckel was sober, he could be a man of ideas.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Buzzman 2/22/2022 7:01:03 PM (No. 1079848)
Sorry. Not sorry.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 2/22/2022 8:33:13 PM (No. 1079899)
To paraphrase Clarence Darrow, “I have never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.”
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
PostAway 2/22/2022 9:45:02 PM (No. 1079940)
I never cared for Beckel much until I saw him once as a guest on Crossfire. His opponent was a conservative woman (I don”t remember who) but she wasn’t very swift and came unprepared which made her easy prey. He and host Bill Press bore down on her at first and it verged on becoming a gang-up by two bullies. Press continued to go in for the kill but Beckel visibly registered the position his opponent was in, quieted down and backed off like a gentleman, He then tried to cushion Press’s aggression with some humor. I never forgot that. By the time he got to The Five his health was obviously failing and it was clear that his heart wasn’t in the debate anymore.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Safari Man 2/22/2022 9:51:31 PM (No. 1079946)
Won’t be missed
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 2/22/2022 11:34:13 PM (No. 1079989)
He was a man for whom Christ died. I certainly hope that he responded positively to the Gospel while alive so that we can speak about old Earth politics in heaven.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
5 handicap 2/23/2022 6:04:54 AM (No. 1080095)
I NEVER thought Beckel had a decent bone anywhere near his body... The world is a better place now that he's departed!
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
homefry 2/23/2022 8:28:28 AM (No. 1080222)
Well, OK then.
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Very sad news. Condolences to his family and friends.