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I became a copy boy. Not for long. I started writing stories.

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
Copies
Became
Boys
Started
Stories
Writing
Long
Copy

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