Republican dirty trickster and rhythm guitarist, providing shenanigans to both the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush campaigns. During an advertising campaign against Michael Dukakis, he introduced America to Willie Horton. After diagnosis of a brain tumor in 1991, Atwater found Jesus Christ and renounced his old ways, and died one month later. He said in an interview, "A reputation as a fierce and ugly campaigner has dogged me. While I didn't invent negative politics, I am one of its most ardent practitioners."
[1] George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC.
Father: Harvey Dillard Atwater (d. May-1991 cancer)
Mother: Toddy Page
Brother: Joe Atwater (b. 18-Nov-1953, d. 1956)
Sister: Anne (b. 19-Aug-1957)
Wife: Sally (m. 1978)
Daughter: Sara Lee
Daughter: Ashley Page
Daughter: Sally Theodosia (b. 16-Apr-1990)
Mistress: Brooke Vosburgh (unproven speculation)
High School: A. C. Flora High School, Columbia, SC
University: Newberry College, Newberry, SC
University: MA Mass Communications, University of South Carolina (1977)
Administrator: Trustee, Howard University
Republican National Committee Chairman (1988-90)
College Republicans Newberry College
Reagan-Bush '84
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
Fainted Washington, DC (Mar-1990)
Brain Surgery (3-Apr-1990)
Converted to Catholicism 27-Mar-1991 (baptized, last rites)
English Ancestry Paternal
Risk Factors: Smoking, Depression
Is the subject of books:
Bad Boy: The Life and Politics of Lee Atwater, Dec-1996, BY: John Joseph Brady
AKA Harvey Leroy Atwater
