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When you leave New York you ain't going anywhere.
Jimmy Breslin
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Jimmy Breslin
Age: 88 †
Born: 1928
Born: October 17
Died: 2017
Died: March 19
Journalist
Jamaica
Queens
James Earle Breslin
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York
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