Jimmy Breslin

American journalist and author (1928-2017).

Born October 17th, 1928 in Jamaica. [ref]

Died March 19th, 2017 at 88 years old in Manhattan (pneumonia). [ref]

Occupations
journalist
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel