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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.
Jimmy Breslin (born October 17, 1928, Queens, New York, U.S.—died March 19, 2017, Manhattan) was an American columnist and novelist who became known as a tough-talking voice of his native Queens, a working-class New York City borough, during his long newspaper career.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mar 19, 2017 · Jimmy Breslin, the New York City newspaper columnist and best-selling author who leveled the powerful and elevated the powerless for more than 50 years with brick-hard words and a jagged-glass...
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- Dan Barry
Mar 21, 2017 · Why Jimmy Breslin Matters: Fresh Truths, Bluntly Told. As columnist, novelist, biographer and raconteur, Jimmy Breslin witnessed and chronicled the American 20th century. In 2007, he sat...
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- Jim Dwyer
Mar 21, 2017 · As columnist, novelist, biographer and raconteur, Jimmy Breslin witnessed and chronicled the American 20th century. In 2007, he sat down with the Times columnist Jim Dwyer to discuss his life’s...
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- The New York Times
Mar 20, 2017 · NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Breslin scored one of his best-remembered interviews with President John F. Kennedy's grave-digger and once drove straight into a riot where he was beaten to his underwear.
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