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Remembering Jimmy Breslin, Legend Of New York City Journalism

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jimmy Breslin died Sunday at the age of 88. Breslin’s writing, which appeared in New York City newspapers for 40 years, evoked working-class characters like the man who dug President John F. Kennedy’s grave.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young remembers Breslin with reporter Jon Kalish ( @kalishjon), who calls Breslin “the tabloid voice of the little guy.”

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