Human Race

DIED: Former Bush press secretary and Fox News personality Tony Snow died July 12 after a long battle with colon cancer. As the original host of Fox News Sunday, Snow developed a reputation as a conservative, no-nonsense anchor. During the 53-year-old's brief tenure in the White House press office from 2006 to 2007, his banter and upbeat personality helped improve relations with the White House press corps. Snow was first treated for cancer in 2005 and suffered a relapse in 2007, but he once said cancer was "the best thing that ever happened to me." He wrote in Christianity Today: "Through such trials, God bids us to choose: Do we believe, or do we not? Will we be bold enough to love, daring enough to serve, humble enough to submit, and strong enough to acknowledge our limitations? Can we surrender our concern in things that don't matter so that we might devote our remaining days to things that do?" He is survived by his wife, Jill, and three children.