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Pete Hamill. William Peter Hamill (June 24, 1935 – August 5, 2020) was an American journalist, novelist, essayist and editor. During his career as a New York City journalist, he was described as "the author of columns that sought to capture the particular flavors of New York City's politics and sports and the particular pathos of its crime." [1] .
Aug 5, 2020 · Pete Hamill, a streetwise son of Brooklyn who turned a gift for storytelling, a fascination with characters and a romance with tabloid newspapers into a storied career as a New York journalist,...
Aug 5, 2020 · Pete Hamill was a journalist who helped define an era of New York City with his reporting and writing. He worked at the New York Herald Tribune, the New York Post, and the New York Daily News, and wrote books and columns about the city and its people.
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- Audrey McNamara
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Aug 5, 2020 · Journalist and author Pete Hamill, who spent over 40 years covering New York City, died Wednesday after he was hospitalized following a fall. He was 85. Hamill worked his way up the New York tabloids as a reporter, columnist and editor, and covered historic moments from Robert F. Kennedy's assassination to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11.
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- Ivan Pereira
Aug 5, 2020 · NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Hamill, the self-taught, street-wise newspaper columnist whose love affair with New York inspired a colorful and uniquely influential journalistic career and produced several books of fiction and nonfiction, died Wednesday morning. He was 85.
Aug 5, 2020 · Pete Hamill, a legendary newspaperman, died Wednesday in his hometown of New York City of heart and kidney failure after a fall on Saturday. He was 85.
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Aug 5, 2020 · Journalist and writer Pete Hamill, who chronicled New York City, died Wednesday at age 85. He worked as the editor of The New York Post and The Daily News and was the author of numerous books...