Lou Dobbs, Longtime Conservative Political Pundit, Dead at 78

Lou Dobbs — a controversial conservative commentator who spent decades at CNN — has died … TMZ has confirmed.

The longtime conservative political pundit — who’s worked on both FOX and CNN — passed away Thursday … this according to his wife, Debi. The exact details of his passing weren’t immediately revealed … but the news was first broken by none other than Donald Trump.

The 45th President of the United States made the announcement on Truth Social first … calling LD a friend and incredible journalist who really understood the world.

He became the chief economics correspondent and a major force at the network for the next two decades before a disagreement on how to cover the infamous Columbine shooting led to a hasty exit from the network.

He returned to CNN just two years later in 2001 and spent another eight years at CNN before leaving for good.

Dobbs regularly spoke his mind on-air, promoting numerous controversial views and theories over the years. Most notably, devoting significant swaths of time to conspiracy theories about where President Barack Obama was born.

Dobbs voiced full-throated support for DT early on during his first presidency and continued to until he died, posting multiple times in recent days about Trump’s resiliency — and conspiracy theories surrounding the shooting in Butler, PA.

Dobbs was 78.