Author and blogger Andrew Breitbart has died, according to a note posted on his website.

"With a terrible feeling of pain and loss we announce the passing of Andrew Breitbart," read the note posted just after 9 a.m. Thursday on the website breitbart.tv.

The website said that the 43-year-old  Breitbart "passed away unexpectedly from natural causes" shortly after midnight in Los Angeles.

"Andrew lived boldly, so that we more timid souls would dare to live freely and fully, and fight for the fragile liberty he showed us how to love," the note continued.

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The trio behind the popular "Gold Dome Report," (left to right) George Ray, Helen Sloat and Stan Jones, left Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough this week and opened their own firm, Gold Dome Partners. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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