Right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson, who was a long-time host on Fox prior to starting his own media projects, announced on X that his father, whom he regarded as “the toughest person in the world,” has passed away.
Richard “Dick” Warner Carlson passed away in his residence in Boca Grande, Florida, surrounded by his children.
Just like his son, Dick began his career as a reporter before taking on the role of U.S. Ambassador to the Seychelles under President George H. W. Bush in the early 1990s. Prior to that, he served as the Director of Voice of America during President Ronald Reagan’s administration.
In a tribute to his father, Tucker expressed, “Throughout his life, he fervently loved dogs” and after enduring a six-week illness, Dick Carlson “refused all painkillers to the end and departed this world with dignity and clarity, holding the hands of his children with his dogs at his feet.”
