Editing Tony Snow (section)

==Personal life==
Snow was an avid musician. He played the [[trombone]], flute, [[piccolo]], saxophone, and guitar,<ref>{{cite web|title=Tony Snow's White House Serenade|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tony-snows-white-house-serenade/|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=June 20, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dana Perino: Remembering Tony Snow|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92588415|website=NPR.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=June 25, 2008|title=Former White House Press Secretary Tony Snow to speak at local fund raiser, Aug. 5|url=https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Former-White-House-Press-Secretary-Tony-Snow-to-7515699.php|website=Midland Reporter-Telegram}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fox News|website=[[Fox News]]|date=March 25, 2015 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/tony-snow-former-white-house-press-secretary-and-fox-news-anchor-dies-at-53/}}</ref> and belonged to a cover band, Beats Workin', which featured fellow [[Washington, D.C.]]-area professionals. Beats Workin' played publicly with a number of rock bands, including Snow's friends [[Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter|Skunk Baxter]] ([[The Doobie Brothers]], [[Steely Dan]]) and [[Ian Anderson (musician)|Ian Anderson]] of [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]. Snow was featured on an episode of [[VH1 Classic]]'s ''[[Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Welcome to the Beats Workin' Website!<!-- Bot generated title -->|url=http://www.beatsworkinmusic.com/}}</ref>

=== Illness and death ===
In February 2005, while still at Fox News, Snow was diagnosed with [[colon cancer]].  He returned to broadcasting in April 2005 after undergoing surgery.<ref name="Matra">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.cancerpage.com/news/article.asp?id=8026
 |date        = February 15, 2005
|title       = Tony Snow Diagnosed With Colon Cancer
 |publisher   = Matra Healthcare
 |access-date  = July 21, 2007
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926225718/http://www.cancerpage.com/news/article.asp?id=8026
 |archive-date = September 26, 2007
}}</ref><ref name="Time">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1187608,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060627194633/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1187608,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 27, 2006 | title=Why Bush Chose Tony Snow as His New Spokesman | magazine=Time Magazine | date=April 25, 2006 | access-date=April 25, 2008}}</ref>  On March 23, 2007, after almost a year as press secretary, Snow once again took a leave of absence to seek treatment for recurrent cancer.<ref name="Brusk">{{cite news
  | last = Brusk
  | first = Steve
  | url = http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2007/03/white-house-spokesman-snow-faces.html
  | date = March 23, 2007
| title = White House spokesman Snow faces surgery
  | access-date = July 21, 2007
| work=CNN
}}</ref><ref name="CNN-2007-03-27">{{cite news
  | url = http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/27/cancer.snow/
  | title = White House spokesman's cancer returns
  | publisher = CNN
  | date=  March 27, 2007
  | access-date = July 21, 2007
}}</ref><ref name="Loven">{{cite web
 |last        = Loven
 |first       = Jennifer
 |url         = http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2985152
 |title       = Tests show Snow's Cancer has returned
 |access-date  = March 27, 2007
 |publisher   = Associated Press (via ABC News)
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110629040436/http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2985152
 |archive-date = June 29, 2011
}}</ref><ref name="Holland">{{cite news
  | last = Holland
  | first = Steve
  | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2713047220070327?feedType=RSS
  | title = Bush's spokesman Snow has recurrence of cancer
  | access-date = July 21, 2007
  | work = Reuters
| date=March 27, 2007
}}</ref> Treatment for the spreading cancer in his final few months forced periodic absences from Snow's duties as press secretary, his subsequent position as a CNN commentator, and his public speaking engagements.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004368770_webtonysnow23m.html/ |title=Former White House press secretary Tony Snow in Spokane hospital| url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080427025956/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004368770_webtonysnow23m.html |archive-date=April 27, 2008 }}</ref><ref>[http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-05-28-snow-ashland_N.htm Former Bush press secretary Snow, sick, cancels Ohio speech], Associated Press (May 28, 2008).</ref>

On July 12, 2008, Snow died at [[Georgetown University Hospital]] as a result of colon cancer that had spread to his liver.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tony Snow, Former White House Press Secretary and FOX News Anchor, Dies at 50 |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,381250,00.html |publisher=FOX News |date=July 12, 2008 |access-date=July 12, 2008 }}</ref> He was 53 years old. Reacting to Snow's death, President [[George W. Bush]] praised Snow's ability to bring "a certain civility to this very contentious job".<ref name="CNN" />