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Roger Simon

American journalist

PersonDied aged 78humanQ7358917

Also known as Roger Mitchell Simon

Born: March 29, 1948
Died: September 10, 2026
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1.“Column | Remembering Roger Simon, a political journalist with toughness and wit”washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2026/09/10/remembering-roger-simon-political-journalist-with-toughness-wit/Retrieved 2026-09-10
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Birthplace: Chicago
Place of death: Washington, D.C.
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: writer
, journalist
Education: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign(until 1970)
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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Roger Mitchell Simon was an American writer and commentator, the chief political columnist of Politico and a New York Times best-selling author. He won more than three dozen first-place awards for journalism, and is the only person to win twice the American Society of Newspaper Editors Distinguished Writing Award for commentary. His book on the 1996 presidential race, Show Time, became a New York Times best-seller.

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Roger
Family name: Simon
Name in native language: Roger Simon
Field of work: journalism
politics
non-fiction
Manner of death: natural causes
Cause of death: pneumonia

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