Words of Respect for a Man Who Never Let the Party End

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Selected comments from
 Brady Campaign leaders on the passing of Art Buchwald, who for many decades
 was a passionate supporter of efforts to reduce gun violence in America:
     From Sarah Brady: "Jim and I are deeply saddened. Art has been a dear
 and wonderful friend to both of us personally, and to the prevention of gun
 violence.
     "No one brought a greater smile to our faces over the years than Art.
 His spirit was especially amazing in recent months, when his staying power
 brought joy to us all. I will forever remember his warmth and humor.
     "The world is a little less funny with Art gone. But as I sit and
 reminisce about him, every time I start to get teary, I think of something
 he said, or did, or wrote, and I start smiling, and it seems like what he
 would want me to be doing."
     From Victoria Reggie Kennedy, Board Member, Brady Campaign to Prevent
 Gun Violence: "Art Buchwald was a wonderful friend, and all of us in the
 Kennedy Family will miss him dearly. Art brought joy, humor and passion to
 everything he did, and he made us all eager to go along for the ride. When
 Art cared about an issue, he wrote about it and shined a bright light on
 it, all the while making us laugh. That's what he did with his unflagging
 dedication to ending senseless gun violence, and our world is a safer place
 because of him."
     From Michael Barnes, former President, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun
 Violence: "I had the profound pleasure of spending a lot of quality time
 with Art Buchwald over my five years as President of the Brady Campaign. As
 a former Marine like him, we shared wonderful stories about our time in the
 service. He was passionate about America's gun violence problem, and angry
 about it, and he had tremendous disrespect for the gun lobby in America.
 But as with other issues that angered Art, his remarkable power was to
 illustrate the problems with humor."
     From Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun
 Violence: "We have many wonderful and passionate supporters in this cause
 of fighting gun violence, but few of them helped bring the issue to the
 attention of more people that Art Buchwald. He was a national treasure, and
 he was a treasure to the Brady Campaign and Brady Center, a member of our
 family. We will strive to ensure that his legacy on our issue is a lasting
 one."
 
 

SOURCE Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence