Overview

• David Horowitz's death at age 86 from cancer was announced by the David Horowitz Freedom Center on April 29, 2025, via its official X account.
• Horowitz’s political journey spanned decades, beginning as a 1960s New Left radical and later becoming a prominent conservative firebrand after the 1974 murder of his friend Betty Van Patter.
• He founded the David Horowitz Freedom Center in 1998, which became a hub for conservative activism, focusing on issues like radical Islam, antisemitism, and campus free speech.
• Horowitz was a controversial figure, praised by conservatives for his advocacy and criticized by groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center for his hardline stances, particularly on Islam.
• He is survived by his fourth wife, April Mullvain, and three children; his daughter Sarah Rose predeceased him in 2008.