The Resume

(November 1, 1920-August 15, 2010)
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Editor of the Richmond News Leader
Wrote the syndicated columns 'A Conservative View,' 'Covering the Courts' and 'The Writer's Art'
Conservative participant in the 'Point-Counterpoint' segment of 60 Minutes (1971-79)

Why he might be annoying:

He is nicknamed 'Kilpo.'
He helped organize Virginia's 'massive resistance' campaign against school integration.
He called sit-ins to integrate restaurants 'a boorish exhibition of what seems to me plain bad manners in entering into a place where they are not welcome.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He later renounced his support for segregation.
He was married to sculptor Louise Marie Pietri for 55 years until her death.
His '60 Minutes' debates with liberal Shana Alexander were famously parodied by Jane Curtin and Dan Aykroyd on Saturday Night Live.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 60 Minutes Correspondents and Commentators
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 27]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [November] (Ranked: 11011920)
• I am an Okie
• I Died in 2010 (Ranked: 89)
• I Married in 1998
• Newspaper Journalists/Editors/Publishers
• Political Pundits
• Profiles 28251-28500 (Ranked: 28252)
• We Celebrated Our Golden Anniversary
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20100815)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 45 Votes: 57.78% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 115 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 26 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 107 Votes: 61.68% Annoying