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Andrew Breitbart, the US conservative author and activist known for publishing embarrassing sting videos of left-wing groups, has died, aged 43.Andrew Breitbart, the US conservative author and activist known for publishing embarrassing sting videos of left-wing groups, has died, aged 43.
He helped launch the Huffington Post and was an editor on the Drudge Report website before running his own sites, including Big Journalism. He helped set up the Huffington Post and was an editor on the Drudge Report website before running his own sites, including Big Journalism.
His website's editor-in-chief confirmed his death of "natural causes". The website's editor-in-chief confirmed his death of "natural causes".
Breitbart reportedly collapsed when walking near his house, according to the Associated Press. Breitbart reportedly collapsed when walking near his home in Los Angeles, according to the Associated Press.
Breitbart had suffered heart problems a year earlier, his father-in-law said.
'Happy warrior'
"I don't know what to say. It's devastating," Orson Bean, told the Associated Press.
Breitbart is survived by his wife Susannah Bean Breitbart, 41, and four children.
"We have lost a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a dear friend, a patriot and a happy warrior," a statement on his website read.
Breitbart was at the centre of several controversies involving liberal figures, including publishing tweets from former Representative Anthony Weiner that included photos of the New York Democrat in his underwear.
Mr Weiner initially denied he had been sending lewd photos and messages online to women, before he stepped down after admitting the tweets were his own.
In 2010, Breitbart published an edited video of a US agriculture department official, Shirley Sherrod, telling a black advocacy group, NAACP, how she had once been reluctant to help a white farmer save his farm.
It soon emerged that Ms Sherrod's story, in its full context, was one of racial understanding in which she realised her mistake and ultimately helped the farmer.
Ms Sherrod, who is black, was fired amid the controversy, but later offered a new job in the department, and sued Breitbart for defamation.
In one of his penultimate tweets - when asked if he had apologised to Ms Sherrod - Breitbart replied: "Apologize for WHAT?"
Similar videos made by activist James O'Keefe that led to investigations of the liberal community outreach group ACORN and Planned Parenthood were published by Breitbart.
Media Matters, a liberal media watchdog group that had clashed with Breitbart over the years, said in a short statement their "thoughts and prayers are with his family today".
"We've disagreed more than we've found common ground, but there was never any question of Andrew's passion for and commitment to what he believed," the statement said.
In post quoting a soon-to-be-published book, Mr Breitbart wrote: "I love fighting for what I believe in. I love having fun while doing it. I love reporting stories that the Complex refuses to report.
"I love fighting back, I love finding allies, and- famously - I enjoy making enemies."