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The Son of Sam
Today I taped a radio interview with Jimmy Breslin. He’s in his 80’s now and he’s still working. Breslin has to be the most famous living New York tabloid journalist. He just published a biography of Branch Rickey, the man who broke the color barrier in Major League baseball by signing Jackie Robinson to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
We talked about Rickey and I had to ask him about some other stuff. You might recall that David Berkowitz, the deranged Son of Sam serial killer sent letters to Jimmy Breslin. Breslin was the one guy who this psychopath picked out for his communications during that period that his notorious crimes were taking place.
According to Jimmy Breslin, Berkowitz wanted to kill him, too. And it is still chilling after all these years to think about that. Breslin explained how he was lucky enough to escape being shot by Berkowitz, it was amazing to talk to him about it…I’ll let you know when that interview will be airing on WYSO.
Vick Mickunas
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By Vick
April 28, 2011 11:59 AM | Link to this
The interview is edited and it will air this Friday (April 29) at 1:30pm on WYSO (91.3fm) and www.wyso.org
By prose
April 13, 2011 8:54 PM | Link to this
Oh, what a lucky man you are, Jimmy Breslin is a pize interview, Can’t wait to hear it, Vick!