| Jimmy Breslin  AKA James Breslin
Born: 17-Oct-1930
Birthplace: Jamaica, NY
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Columnist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight Wife: Rosemary Dattolico (m. 1954, d. 1981, four sons, two daughters)
Son: Kevin
Son: James
Daughter: Rosemary (d. 14-Jun-2004)
Son: Patrick
Son: Christopher
Daughter: Kelly (d. 21-Apr-2009)
Wife: Ronnie M. Eldridge (m. 1982)
Sister: Deirdre
High School: John Adams High School, Ozone Park, NY
Newsday Columnist
Polk Award (1985)
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary (1986)
Aneurysm (1994)
Irish Ancestry
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Summer of Sam (20-May-1999) Himself
Author of books:
The World of Jimmy Breslin (1967, columns)
I Want to Thank My Brain for Remembering Me (1996, memoir)
The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight (1997, novel)
The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutierrez (2001, novel)
I Don't Want to Go to Jail: A Good Story (2001)
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