P.J. O’Rourke was an American libertarian, political satirist and journalist. He was born in the city of Toledo, Ohio.

In 1969, he graduated from Miami University, and a year later, he obtained an M.A. in English from Johns Hopkins University.

In 1973, he joined the National Lampoon, where he served as editor-in-chief, among other things.

O’Rourke published 20 books, the most well-known of which being Holidays in Hell, a collection of his pieces as a freelance foreign journalist in which he analyzed political issues including global warming and poverty from a libertarian standpoint.

He died of complications from lung cancer at the age of 74.

P.J. O’Rourke parents: Meet Delphine Loy O’Rourke and Clifford Bronson O’Rourke

He is the son of Delphine O’Rourke and Clifford Bronson O’Rourke. Delphine was a housewife whiles Clifford was a car salesman. They both supported him in pursuing his journalistic career.

Many of O’Rourke’s essays recount that during his student days he was a leftist, anti-war hippie, but that in the 1970s his political views underwent a volte-face.

Does P.J. O’Rourke have siblings?

His siblings are not known till this day.

O’Rourke is also survived by his wife Tina, two daughters, Elizabeth and Olivia, and son, Clifford.

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