Jimmy Breslin

Born

October 17, 1930

Died

March 19, 2017 · age 86

From

Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

James Earle Breslin was an American journalist and author. Until the time of his death, he wrote a column for the New York Daily News Sunday edition. He wrote numerous novels, and columns of his appeared regularly in various newspapers in his hometown of New York City.