Jimmy Breslin
Overview
Jimmy Breslin is an American
United States
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 journalist
Journalist
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 and author
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. He currently writes a column for the New York Daily News
New York Daily News
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' Sunday edition. He has written numerous novels, and columns of his have appeared regularly in various newspapers in his hometown of New York City
New York City
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. He was a regular columnist for the newspaper Newsday
Newsday
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until his retirement on November 2, 2004, and still publishes occasional pieces there.
Born in Jamaica, New York
Jamaica, Queens
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, Breslin was a columnist for the New York Herald Tribune
New York Herald Tribune
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, the Daily News, the New York Journal American
New York Journal American
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, Newsday
Newsday
Newsday is a daily American newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area...

, and other venues.
 
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