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| Born | James Earle Breslin October 17, 1928 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | March 19, 2017 (aged 88) New York City, U.S. |
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| Children | 6 |
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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. 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.
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]
- ^ Feuer, Alan (September 27, 2015). "The Daily News Layoffs and Digital Shift May Signal the Tabloid Era's End". The New York Times. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
- ^ Current Biography 1942, pp. 648–51: "Patterson, Joseph Medill"
- ^ Arango, Tim; Pérez-Peña, Richard (March 21, 2008). "3 Moguls in Talks to Buy Newsday". The New York Times.
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- ^ "New York columnist Jimmy Breslin remembered as the champion of ordinary citizens". thestar.com. March 25, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2021.