
Pete Hamill
Known for: Writing
Born: June 24, 1935
Died: August 5, 2020
Pete Hamill 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."
Known for

Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
2018

Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
2005

Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story
2005

If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent
2013

Home
2006

One Fine Day
1996

Prohibition
2011

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Badge 373
1973

The Insider
1999

From Corleone to Brooklyn
1979

Exposed
1983

King of New York
1990