In 2003 this would-be Detroit Lion, author & founder of The Paris Review passed away at 76
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George Plimpton - Wikipedia  George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927  September 25, 2003) was an American journalist, writer, literary editor, actor and occasional amateur sportsman. He is widely known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review .... In 1963, Plimpton attended preseason training with the Detroit Lions of the...
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George Plimpton, Author And Editor, Is Dead at 76 - The New York ...  Sep 27, 2003 ... George Plimpton, Author And Editor, Is Dead at 76 ... His alter ego was as the unpaid editor of The Paris Review, an enduring, chronically...
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George Plimpton, Urbane and Witty Writer, Dies at 76 - The New ...  Sep 26, 2003 ... His alter ego was as the unpaid editor of The Paris Review, an enduring low-circulation journal, which was founded in 1952 by Peter Mathiesen...
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Plimpton lived out dreams of sports fan - tribunedigital-baltimoresun  As a writer, George Plimpton lived other people's fantasies - playing professional football with the Detroit Lions, pitching to Willie Mays, even swinging on ... September 27, 2003|By Nancy Pate | Nancy Pate,THE ORLANDO SENTINEL ... also was a founder and editor of The Paris Review, died Thursday night at his New York...
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George Plimpton, author who lived sports, dies at 76 | Pittsburgh ...  There were two George Plimptons -- the writer who lived the dream of the average ... September 27, 2003 12:00 AM ... author of fiction and non-fiction and editor of The Paris Review, poses for a ... and, most famously, quarterbacking for the Detroit Lions, has died at 76. ... "The review certainly has a place in literary history.".
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American Icons: The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Studio 360 - WNYC  Aug 26, 2011 ... This is an American revolution set down on the page. When Malcolm X was assassinated at 39, his book nearly died with him. Today The...
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The Stacks: George Plimpton's Gridiron Nightmare - The Daily Beast  Apr 30, 2016 ... By the time George Plimpton starting writing for Sports Illustrated in the late '50s, ... book, Paper Lion, became a best-seller and made Plimpton famous. ... While all of his adventures are drolltold in his charming, ..... I had lost twenty yards in three attempts, and I had yet, in fact, to run off a complete play.
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Articles about Diana Vreeland - latimes  "Red, the legendary Vogue fashion editor Diana Vreeland once proclaimed, is the great ... August 23, 1989 | EDWARD J. BOYER, Times Staff Writer ... Born in Paris, she moved with her parents to America at the outbreak of World War I. ... Diana Vreeland, recorded, in her highly characteristic style, over a two-year period...
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Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 215, Jeffrey Eugenides  Jeffrey Eugenides, The Art of Fiction No. ... Born in Detroit in 1960, Jeffrey Eugenides lived through the city's last glory years ... Middlesex received the Pulitzer Prize. .... I'm half Irish and half Greekmy mother's family were Kentuckians, Southern .... The first prize money I ever received from writing came from winning second...
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Marcel Bich, 79, Dies - Cheap Pens Yielded Riches - NYTimes.com  Jun 1, 1994 ... Baron Marcel Bich, whose inexpensive Bic disposable pens, lighters and razors made him wealthy enough to sustain an 11-year quest ... a northern Paris suburb, after World War II, Baron Bich and a partner, ... Receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services.
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Grave of Leo the Lion (Gone), Gillette, New Jersey - Roadside America  The famous MGM lion is buried in an unmarked grave in the vicinity of ... Volney was Hollywood's premier animal trainer, and his most successful protg was Leo, the MGM lion, ... He brought Leo with him, and here is where both man and beast died. ... Last we checked, plans to build a permanent monument never advanced.
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American Vertigo by Bernard-Henri Levy - New York Magazine Book ...  In his new book, rock-star French philosophe Bernard-Henri Lvy hits Route 66. ... missed his appearances on Charlie Rose or this year's Vanity Fair best-dressed list, he's hoping that will change with the publication this month of his new book, American Vertigo. ... BHL, 57, is not a man particularly encumbered by modesty.
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Celebrity Designer Halston Dies at 57 : Fashion: Brother says he ...  Mar 27, 1990 ... Halston, which was the designer's middle name, became one of the ... The designer was born Roy Halston Frowick on April 23, 1932, in Des Moines. ... as 'right,' " Vogue magazine once said, "that it's more than just stylish,...
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'Titan of Economics' - WSJ  Dec 14, 2009 ... Paul A. Samuelson, whose analytical work laid the foundation for modern economics, died Sunday. He was 94.
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Joy Adamson - Wikipedia  Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson was a naturalist, artist and author. Her book, Born Free, ... George later realized the lioness was just protecting her cubs, which were ... In The Story of Elsa, a compilation of the books about Elsa, Joy Adamson ... He mistakenly assumed she had been killed by a lion, and this was what was...
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James Baldwin, the Writer, Dies in France at 63 - NYTimes.com  James Baldwin, the Writer, Dies in France at 63. By Lee Daniels. Published: December 1, 1987 ... David, was with him at his home in St. Paul de Vence when he died, ... ''Go Tell It on the Mountain,'' his first book and first novel, published in...
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Jeopary Questions page 1939 - PEOPLE - TriviaBistro.com  TAKE A MICHIGANDER AT THIS: He was born Feb. 4, 1902 in Detroit; 25 years later, he'd become a world-famous hero for 2 days of work  RENAISSANCE...
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Don Surber: August 2015  Aug 1, 2015 ... In 1951, a lion emerged from the subway station near Wall Street. The advertisement of the animal's emergence marked the beginning of the hoi polloi's entry into the stock market via the mutual fund. In a career that took him from a ne'er-do-well to the people's choice, Jack Dreyfus took on the SEC and the...
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Amazon.com: Hunting, Fishing, and Camping: 100th Anniversary ...  Editorial Reviews. Review. This book is a delightful book to browse and read. The writing is ... L.L.Bean, Inc. has been a trusted source for quality apparel, reliable outdoor ... L.L. Bean ran his company until his death at the age of 94 on February 5, 1967. He attributed his long life and good health to the time he spent in the...
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The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas  Reviews, Discussion ...  Author has made cruelty, crime and sinful deeds OK if its done by "inseparable" friends and cloaked it ...... In death, as in life, they were all for one, and one for all
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CNN - Chicago's Mike Royko, sharp-witted columnist, dies - Apr. 29 ...  Apr 29, 1997 ... CHICAGO (CNN) -- Mike Royko, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist known for ... column for the Chicago Tribune, suffered a brain aneurysm at his ... He quit one day after Australian press baron Rupert Murdoch ... "His goal is not quality journalism," Royko said at the time. ... His first wife, Carol, died in 1979.