WASHINGTON: Tony Blankley, EVP for public affairs in Edelman's Washington office and a press secretary for former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich in the 1990s, died Sunday at 63 after a battle with stomach cancer.
Blankley worked in Edelman's DC office for the past four years. He served as an adviser to Gingrich from 1990 to 1997. He was also editorial page editor of the Washington Times from 2002 to 2007 and a regular commentator on TV and radio, ...