Longtime political columnist Robert Novak, known for his conservative views and for being the first to publish Valerie Plame’s name in the CIA leak case, died at his home in Washington, D.C., Tuesday after a battle with brain cancer.
Known as the “prince of darkness” – a label he was so proud of that he used it as the title of his 2007 memoir — Novak, was co-host of CNN's ''Crossfire'' and, with his partner of three decades, Rowland Evans, was author of the syndicated “Inside Report” from 1963 until Evans’ retirement in 1993.
Evans died in 2001.
Novak continued to write the column alone until his cancer diagnosis in July 2008.