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Jimmy Breslin

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The Resume

    (October 17, 1928-March 19, 2017)
    Born in Queens, New York
    Columnist for the 'New York Herald Tribune' (1963-66), 'New York Daily News' (1976-88) and 'Newsday' (1988-2004)
    Won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary (1986)
    Wrote the books 'Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?' (1962), 'The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight' (1970), 'I Want To Thank My Brain For Remembering Me' (1997), 'The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutierrez' (2002) and 'The Church That Forgot Christ' (2004)

Why he might be annoying:

    He unsuccessfully campaigned for President of the New York City Council as Norman Mailer's running mate (1969).
    He was a pitchman for Piels Beer.
    In an article about illegal immigrants, he said that when they see a pretty girl on the subway 'they talk to each other in Mexican.'
    When fellow Newsday columnist Ji-Yeon Mary Yuh described one of his articles as sexist, he called her a 'slant-eyed cunt' and 'yellow cur,' adding 'The fucking bitch doesn't know her place.' (1990)
    He was suspended from the newspaper after calling Howard Stern's radio show to joke over the outburst and make additional jabs about Koreans.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was known for writing about how events affected the common man, most famously in a column about the JFK assassination focusing on the man who dug the president's grave.
    He suffered a concussion after being beaten by mobster Jimmy Burke (1970).
    After being beaten and robbed during the Crown Heights riots (August, 1991), he found a pay phone and filed his story.
    One of his daughters, Rosemary, died from a rare blood disease (2004) and another daughter, Kelly, died after suffering cardiac arhythmia (2009).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 92.31% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 28 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 28 Votes: 39.29% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying