William F. Buckley Jr.
TV Show Host
The conservative columnist and the eloquent host of TV's Firing Line.
He had a passion for music and played both the harpsichord and the piano.
He wrote God and Man at Yale.
He married Patricia Taylor in 1950 and the couple had a son named Christopher in 1952.
His literary contributions helped lay the groundwork for the new American conservatism of Ronald Reagan.