Conservative writer and Washington icon Kate Walsh O’Beirne passed away Sunday, leaving behind her husband, two sons, and countless friends and colleagues.

National Review Senior Editor Ramesh Ponnuru, who became Kate’s godson when he was baptized as an adult, published a moving tribute a few hours after her death, outlining much of the good Kate did for the conservative movement.

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