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"Jimmy Breslin: The Man Who Told the Truth" (book cover)

Author Richard Esposito discusses the legacy of New York columnist Jimmy Breslin

By Paul Davis

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 1991, file photo, author-columnist Jimmy Breslin poses for a photo in New York. Breslin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning chronicler of wise guys and underdogs who became the brash embodiment of the old-time, street smart New Yorker, died Sunday, March 19, 2017. His stepdaughter said Breslin died at his Manhattan home of complications from pneumonia. (AP Photo/Wyatt Counts, File)

Breslin celebrated for bringing ‘honor’ to his press pass

By KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 17, 1986, file photo, Jimmy Breslin of the New York Daily News, speaks to reporters after winning the Pulitzer prize for commentary, in the newsroom of the newspaper in New York. Breslin, the chronicler of wise guys and underdogs who became the brash embodiment of the old-time, street smart New Yorker, died Sunday, March 19, 2017. His stepdaughter said Breslin died at his Manhattan home of complications from pneumonia. (AP Photo/Mario Cabrera, File)

Jimmy Breslin, chronicler of wise guys and underdogs, dies

By Verena Dobnik - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2004, file photo, author-columnist Jimmy Breslin poses for a photo in his New York apartment. Breslin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning chronicler of wise guys and underdogs who became the brash embodiment of the old-time, street smart New Yorker, died Sunday, March 19, 2017. His stepdaughter said Breslin died at his Manhattan home of complications from pneumonia. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper, File)

A talk with Jimmy Breslin, New York’s “New Yorkiest” writer

By JERRY SCHWARTZ - Associated Press