Born: Oct. 17, 1917 Confrontational sportswriter for 44 years with NY tabloids; as baseball beat writer and columnist, he lead change from flowery prose to hard-nosed reporting. Died: Aug. 31, 1987
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The Question:
Did Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid really exist?
The Answer:
Yes, though the feature film based on them is hardly a documentary. See our biographies of Butch Cassidy (AKA…
