Hugh Newton, longtime conservative p.r. machine, died last night. Many a D.C. conservative (including yours truly) worked with him through the years. From a Heritage staffer:

Hugh lost his battle with bone marrow cancer last night around 8:30 p.m, at Inova Mt. Vernon Hospital. His wife and children were by his side.
I spoke with Herb earlier today and he’s en route up from North Carolina now. He will be in touch tomorrow some time concerning arrangements – the funeral itself will be a small family gathering, and Herb will talk to Joanne tonight about a larger memorial, possibly held here at The Heritage Foundation, depending on what the family wants to do.
As Lee Edwards notes in The Power of Ideas, it was Herb and Hugh that put The Heritage Foundation’s public relations operations on a successful path from the very beginning: “According to think tank historian James A. Smith, Heritage ‘is the salesman and promoter of ideas par excellence, with a marketing strategy down through the years that has quite simply reshaped the broader market in which all research organizations now compete.’”
Please remember Hugh and his family in your prayers.