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- Birth nameAlexander Claud Cockburn
- Alexander Cockburn was born on June 6, 1941 in Scotland, UK. He was married to Emma Tennant and Katherine Kilgore. He died on July 21, 2012 in Bad Salzhausen, Nidda, Hesse, Germany.
- SpousesEmma Tennant(December 13, 1968 - 1973) (divorced, 1 child)Katherine Kilgore (divorced)
- ParentsPatricia Cockburn
- RelativesPatrick Cockburn(Sibling)Olivia Wilde(Niece or Nephew)Laura Flanders(Niece or Nephew)Stephanie Flanders(Niece or Nephew)Andrew Cockburn(Sibling)
- He was awarded the A.M. (Member of the Order of Australia) in the 1995 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to journalism and to literature.
- Uncle of Olivia Wilde.
- Brother of Andrew Cockburn, Patrick Cockburn and Sarah Caudwell.
- Son of Claud Cockburn and Jean Ross.
- Brother-in-law of Leslie Cockburn.
- [on Christopher Hitchens] He courted the label 'contrarian,' but if the word is to have any muscle, it surely must imply the expression of dangerous opinions. Hitchens never wrote anything truly discommoding to respectable opinion and if he had he would never have enjoyed so long a billet at Vanity Fair.
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