Jimmy Breslin

Pulitzer-winning New York Columnist Jimmy Breslin Dies At 88

... was cited for "columns which consistently champion ordinary citizens.". "I can barely handle legitimate people," Breslin wrote in his non-fiction book "The Good Rat." "They all proclaim immaculate honesty but each day they commit the most serious of all felonies, being a bore. To whom do you care to listen - Warren Buffett, the second-richest and single most boring person on earth, or Burt Kaplan out of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn?". Breslin's preference was Kaplan, the central figure in "The Good Rat," who was a prolific mob hit man who testified against two New York City policemen accused of committing murders for the Mafia. In a 2013 interview with CNN, Breslin summed up his reporting technique this way: "Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open and keep moving.". Breslin had a knack for finding angles that other reporters did not see. He did it most notably after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, focusing on the Arlington National Cemetery employee who dug Kennedy's grave, while the rest of the journalistic pack ...

Chuck Berry And Jimmy Breslin Reinvented The English Language

... is impeccably limned. The meter's perfect, the imagery sublime. Have you ever seen a coffee-colored Cadillac Me, neither, but I have heard Southern diplomats campaign-shoutin'. I surely know what that's about so, yeah, I trust the poet on the Cadillac, too. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. Getty Michael Ochs Archives. Chuck Berry invented the language of rock and roll and, through that, reinvented the English language for several generations. He did it in that most American way possible, the way Mark Twain did it, or Walt Whitman, or Kerouac. He did it by experimenting, by playing with the language as though it were the greatest toy he'd ever found. Consider the other things he did with it. Most Popular. As I was motorvatin' up over the hill/I saw Maybellene in a Coupe de Ville. (Maybellene). You'd motorvated in your time, too. You just didn't know the word for it. Pay phone, somethin' wrong, dime gone, will mail/ I ought to sue the operator for tellin' me a tale. Ah, too much monkey business, too much monkey business/ Too much monkey business ...

Confederate Flag Flies Next To Ncaa Arena In South Carolina

... the top of a parking garage next to a South Carolina arena hosting two men's NCAA Tournament games. The group arrived Sunday morning, raising the flag from the back of a pickup truck. They planned to stay throughout the games and be on grounds as fans arrived at Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Greenville police had the group move the truck about 50 feet away, citing safety concerns if the flag tipped. Protesters said they wanted to make their presence known to the NCAA. The governing body lifted its ban against South Carolina holding championships in 2015. By the early afternoon there were about a dozen protesters, many carrying Confederate flags, across the street from the arena's main entrance. NCAA executive Dan Gavitt said in a statement the organization would not permit symbols compromising a safe environment on venue property the tournament controls. Other areas are under the city's jurisdiction, and the NCAA backed the city's ...

More Help For Older People Needed In Gop Health Bill

... but acknowledged that House leadership was "making fine-tuning improvements to the bill to reflect people's concerns.". A House vote was scheduled for Thursday. "We believe we should have even more assistance. And that's one of the things we're looking at for that person in their 50 s and 60 s because they experience higher health care costs," the Wisconsin Republican said. Under the GOP plan, older people who are not yet eligible for Medicare stand to be the biggest losers. It would shrink the tax credits they use to help buy insurance and it would increase their premiums because the bill allows insurers to charge more as people age and become more susceptible to health problems. A Congressional Budget Office analysis last week said a 64-year-old with income of $26,500 would pay $1,700 out of pocket for insurance under the Affordable Care Act, compared with $14,600 under the GOP plan. It estimated that 24 million people of all ages would lose coverage over 10 years. On Sunday, Ryan said he believed the CBO analysis was not accurate because Obamacare wouldn't be able to last 10 years. ...

Bloomberg’s Warning To Dems On Gorsuch

... - “Former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort wanted for questioning in Ukraine corruption case,” by CNN’s Simon Ostrovsky: “Ukrainian prosecutors want to question Paul Manafort in connection with a corruption investigation and have made repeated requests for assistance from US authorities, CNN has learned. Prosecutors in Kiev said they have made seven separate appeals over the past two years for help in questioning President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, including letters to FBI Director James Comey and U. S. Justice Department officials. Ukrainian officials said the US has not responded to those requests. Under a ‘mutual legal assistance’ treaty, the two countries have agreed to regularly assist each other in law enforcement efforts, such as gathering statements and other evidence for prosecutions. U. S. authorities confirmed to CNN that the requests were received but declined further ...

Chuck Berry's 1st Album In Decades Is 'sensational

... "Rock It," was released in 1979. The 90-year-old Berry died Saturday at his home near St. Louis. Berry's classic songs "Johnny B. Goode" and "Roll Over Beethoven" echoed throughout The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Sunday as it paid tribute to the musician. "Anybody who's picked up a guitar has been influenced by him," said rock hall CEO Greg Harris, who remembers playing the opening riff of "Johnny B. Goode" over and over again as budding teen guitarist. In addition to Berry's notes, Harris said his lyrics spoke about teenage life and social issues in the 1950 s. "It's why when we think of the greats and the forefathers, his name is right there," Harris said. Berry drew praise all corners after his death including a tweet from former President Barack Obama. "Chuck Berry rolled over everyone who came before him - and turned up everyone who came ...

Iraqi Troops Push Into Area Around Symbolic Mosul Mosque

... has been detained by the Secret Service. More > >. Sunday, March 19 2017 10:16 PM EDT 2017-03-20 02:16:15 GMT. Jeff Jones, the president of the embattled ride-hailing company Uber, has resigned just six months after taking the job. More > >. Sunday, March 19 2017 10:16 PM EDT 2017-03-20 02:16:09 GMT. Authorities say a small wildfire burning in the mountains just outside the Colorado city of Boulder has forced people from their homes and is filling the sky with smoke. More > >. Sunday, March 19 2017 3:25 PM EDT 2017-03-19 19:25:44 GMT. In 2002, Associated Press National Writer Jerry Schwartz sat down with New York's "New Yorkiest" author and columnist Jimmy Breslin to talk about his life, work and New York. More > >. Sunday, March 19 2017 2:58 PM EDT 2017-03-19 18:58:54 GMT. Authorities say a sheriff's deputy in Louisiana is dead after being shot near a movie theater during the course of an investigation. More > >. Sunday, March 19 2017 ...

Jimmy Breslin, Larger-than-life New York Newspaperman, Dies

... Prize in 1986. Posted: Mar 19, 2017 08:57 AM MST. Updated: Mar 19, 2017 10:06 AM MST. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) - Jimmy Breslin, the prolific Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and champion of New York City's working class, died Sunday morning at age 88. Breslin's death was reported by his longtime employer, the New York Daily News. The newspaperman's physician, William Cole, told CNN that Breslin died at 8 a.m. because of complications from pneumonia. "He was a force of nature," said Cole. Initial reports, including the Daily News' own, reported Breslin's age as 86. "There's a funny story to go with that," Cole told CNN, saying he had a copy of Breslin's birth certificate. "Apparently somewhere along the way he lied," Cole said, recalling a conversation with a former newspaper editor. "He wanted to be the youngest person at a certain paper. Usually it's the other way around.". Throughout his decades-long career, Breslin wrote for the News, the New York Post, Newsday, the New York Herald Tribune, and New York Journal American, along with the Daily News. He won ...

Intel Documents Offer No Evidence Of Spying On Trump Tower

... Sunday, March 19 2017 9:25 AM EDT 2017-03-19 13:25:33 GMT. Along with James Dean and J. D. Salinger and a few others in the 1950 s, Chuck Berry, who was ninety when he died Saturday at his suburban St. Louis home, helped define the modern teenager. More. By MICHELE SALCEDO. Associated Press. WASHINGTON (AP) - The top two lawmakers on the House intelligence committee said Sunday that documents the Justice Department and FBI delivered late last week offered no evidence that the Obama administration had wiretapped Trump Tower, but the panel's ranking Democrat says the material offers circumstantial evidence that American citizens colluded with Russians in Moscow's efforts to interfere in the presidential election. "There was circumstantial evidence of collusion; there is direct evidence, I think, of deception," Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said. "There's ...

Columnist Jimmy Breslin, Bard New York Streets, Dies At 88

... the lean declarative sentence. In 1965, in Alabama for the Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights marches, he visited a decades-old segregated schoolhouse that had no bathrooms and used potbellied stoves for heat. “The building sits off the ground on small piles of loose red bricks. It has ten frame windows. Nearly all the panes are broken. Beaverboard, put up on the inside, covers the broken windows. The school has a tin roof. Yesterday part of the roof was flapping in the breeze coming through the fields. In the winter the wind comes strong and keeps blowing parts of the roof away and the students sit in class under the cold sky.”. After the Trib vanished in a 1966 merger, Breslin wrote novels, including “The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight,” a Mafia spoof that became a 1971 movie featuring a young Robert De Niro. By then, Breslin was a celebrity - the ...

Not Even Death Could Silence Jimmy Breslin's Titanic Voice

... Live from New York. (Erwitt, Misha). To which Breslin replied: "The only way for the killer to leave this special torment is to give himself up to me," adding: "The only people I don't answer are bill collectors.". Into the vortex Breslin plunged whenever he heard a siren. "Step on it … it could be the end of Pennsylvania" he recalled barking to his driver as they raced in 1979 to Three Mile Island, as it leaked radioactivity on the verge of a meltdown. Hurtling toward Crown Heights in a taxi in the thick of the 1991 race-religion riots — true New Yorker that he was, he never learned to drive — Breslin became the target, and the chronicler, of rage: "The kid on the hood swung the baseball bat with as much speed as you could want and with a look on his face that told you all you ever want to know ...

Chuck Berry, Jimmy Breslin, More Recent Notable Deaths

... age 92, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences said. Hiller directed more than 30 films, including 1970's "Love Story" starring Ali Mac Graw and Ryan O'Neal. (Credit: Getty Images / Stephen Shugerman). Kenny Baker. "Star Wars" actor Kenny Baker, who played the robot R 2-D 2 in six of the films, has died his family confirmed on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. He was 81, and had suffered from a long illness, a relative said. The photo is from May 25, 2007. (Credit: AFP Getty Images / Gabriel Bouys). David Huddleston. David Huddleston, the actor who played "The Big Lebowski," died on Aug. 2, 2016. The character actor was 85 and died of kidney and lung disease in Santa Fe, N. M. He was a guest star on several popular TV shows, including "Walker Texas Ranger," "Murder, She Wrote," "Gilmore Girls" and "The West Wing" and is well-known for his portrayal of the grandfather on "The Wonder Years." (Credit: Getty Images / Bennett Raglin). John Saunders. John Saunders, one of ...