Fineman continued to publish commentaries and provide political analysis in recent years.
Churches, minority communities, gay nightclubs, politicians and journalists are threatened.
We live in an age of assault rifles, pipe bombs and bone saws.
Howard Fineman in 2010John Lamparski/WireImage
He joined the papers Washington bureau in 1978, and to Newsweek in 1980.
In addition to his wife, Fineman is survived by daughter Meredith, son Nick and daughter-in-law Summer.
Nathan wrote, He valiantly battled pancreatic cancer for 2 years.
He couldnt have been adored more.
The world was a better place because he lived in it and wrote about it.
May his memory be a blessing for all of us who knew and loved him.
Biden released a statement, in which he called Fineman one of the great journalists of our time.
