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...began as a somber occasion-the memorial service for Columnist Stewart Alsop, a civilized man who succumbed to leukemia after waging an inspiring fight with his will, his wit and his body (see THE PRESS...
...long day's journey into night. Stewart Alsop knew that he was soon to die; he bore the knowledge gallantly and wrote about it with unpitying candor...
...almost three years ago that Alsop discovered that he had leukemia, and doctors gave him roughly a year to live. But his disease proved atypical, and he lived beyond his allotted span. The best description the doctors could find for it was "smoldering leukemia," and between periods of hospitalization he had remissions during which he felt fine, wrote his columns and sometimes even played tennis. But he went through an ordeal of uncertainty, savagely ranging between hope and despair. Out of that ordeal he wrote his memorable book, Stay of Execution, an almost classic deathbed testament that is partly...
During his career in Washington, few newsmen commanded more respect or as much affection. He first came to Washington in 1946 as the junior partner of his brother Joseph in their syndicated newspaper column "Matter of Fact." As scions of an old Republican Connecticut family, the Alsop boys were in a unique position. While more mundane journalists attended press conferences, the Alsops lunched with fellow Grotonian Dean Acheson or shot quail with then Secretary of State Christian Herter. But, unlike Joe, Stewart had no arrogance, either socially or journalistically. Said one friend: "Joe's the kind...
...also a very funny, witty girl." A bit bored with her bluestocking image, Nancy recently joked that "I really should have been a showgirl with my long legs." Her height, 5 ft. 10½ in., compared with Henry's 5 ft. 8 in., occasions jokes. Joseph Alsop once toasted her with "She's a great girl, even if she is taller than...