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Jimmy Breslin
American journalist and author / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Earle Breslin (October 17, 1928 – March 19, 2017) was an American journalist and author. Until the time of his death, he wrote a column for the New York Daily News Sunday edition.[1][2] He wrote numerous novels, and columns of his appeared regularly in various newspapers in his hometown of New York City. He served as a regular columnist for the Long Island newspaper Newsday[3] until his retirement on November 2, 2004, though he still published occasional pieces for the paper until his death.
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Born | James Earle Breslin (1928-10-17)October 17, 1928 New York City, U.S. |
Died | March 19, 2017(2017-03-19) (aged 88) New York City, U.S. |
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He was known for his newspaper columns that became the brash embodiment of the street-smart New Yorker, chronicling wise guys and big-city power brokers but always offered a sympathetic viewpoint of the white working-class people of New York City,[4] and was awarded the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary "for columns which consistently champion ordinary citizens."[5][6]