Remember Les Kinsolving? He was probably the original annoying wingnut reporter. He has passed away.

I’m sorry to hear the news about the passing of WH reporter Les Kinsolving. Les was one of a kind. He loved the WH beat and I enjoyed getting to know him. I offer my condolences to his family and to all who knew him. RIP Les.

— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) December 7, 2018

Lester Kinsolving was a press gadfly, but in researching “The Matriarch” I discovered he was the reporter who consistently raised questions at WH briefings 1982-4 about the emerging AIDS crisis; spokesman Larry Speakes would dismiss them with a joke. RIP. https://t.co/Vumx5OjucO https://t.co/4P407zhuBU

— Susan Page (@SusanPage) December 9, 2018