What sad news.
Author, activist and historian David Horowitz passed away on Tuesday at 86 from cancer.
The Horowitz Freedom Center announced his death on Tuesday evening.
Here is a video released by the Horowitz Freedom Center on David’s long and storied career.
On behalf of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, we are very saddened to announce the passing of the Center’s founder, David Horowitz. After a lengthy battle with cancer, David passed yesterday at the age of 86.
David Horowitz, 1939-2025. Requiescat in pace. pic.twitter.com/F47yooJL3K
— David Horowitz (@horowitz39) April 29, 2025
David was fighting the communists to the very end.
— David Horowitz (@horowitz39) March 20, 2025
Before his death David urged Americans to read Betrayed – a book that refutes every anti-American lie by the left.
Of all the books I have written, America Betrayed is the one I would like every American to read. In 60 plus pages it refutes every anti-American lie of the left: principally that America was ever a racist or white supremacist nation. Africans, not Americans, enslaved black… pic.twitter.com/L8goqzZNNH
— David Horowitz (@horowitz39) February 14, 2025
In 2007 I attended a Horowitz speech at Emory University on radical Islam.
The radical left and angry Muslims in attendance shut the event down.
This was a typical appearance for David at the time. Yet, it did not stop him from spreading his knowledge on the violent and anti-American left.
Leftists Force Horowitz From Stage– Shut Down Free Speech at Emory!!!
Later that night in 2007 I sat with friend Andrew and had coffee with David Horowitz. What a thrill.
Finally, David's son left a beautiful message following his father's passing.
Rest in Peace to my father @horowitz39 . We love you Dad.
David Joel Horowitz was born January 10, 1939 to Phil and Blanche Horowitz in Queens, New York. David was raised in Queens along with his sister Ruth. Phil and Blanche were high school teachers and members of the… pic.twitter.com/c7PG6zE60W
— benahorowitz.eth (@bhorowitz) April 30, 2025
