What is Art Buchwald?
[[File:Art Buchwald 1994.jpg|right|200px]] '''Arthur Buchwald''' (October 20, 1925 – January 17, 2007) was an [[Americans|American]] [[humorist]]. He was best known for his [[columnist|column]] in ''[[The Washington Post]].'' His columns were published nationwide in more than 500 newspapers. His columns focused on [[political satire]] and commentary. He received the [[Pulitzer Prize]] in 1982 for Outstanding Commentary, and in 1991 was elected to the [[American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters]]. Buchwald was born in [[New York City]]. He studied at the [[University of Southern California]]. He had a [[cameo appearance]] in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s 1955 movie ''[[To Catch a Thief]]''. In 1988 Buchwald [[lawsuit|sued]] [[Paramount Pictures]] in over the [[Eddie Murphy]] movie ''[[Coming to America]]''. Buchwald said Paramount had stolen his script. He won, was awarded damages, and accepted a settlement from Paramount.<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Donnell |first1=Pierce |last2=McDougal |first2=Dennis |author-link2=Dennis McDougal |title=Fatal Subtraction: How Hollywood Really Does Business. The Inside Story of Buchwald v. Paramount |year=1992 |publisher=[[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] |location=New York City |isbn=0-385-41686-5 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/fatalsubtraction00odon_0 }}</ref> In 2000, Buchwald had a [[stroke]]. In 2006, he had one [[leg]] [[amputated]] because of bad [[blood circulation]] caused by [[diabetes]].<ref>[http://www.thewashingtonhome.org/index.html Washington Home and Hospice] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060626114836/http://www.thewashingtonhome.org/index.html |date=June 26, 2006 }}; Retrieved on 2007-01-18</ref> Buchwald died on January 17, 2007 in [[Washington, D.C.]] of [[kidney failure]], aged 81.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/01/18/buchwald.obit/index.html |title=Columnist Art Buchwald dead at 81 |access-date=2007-01-18 |date=January 18, 2007 |publisher=[[CNN]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/