Breslin was the real deal

On another note: Jimmy Breslin passed away last week. Without a doubt, the Pulitzer Prize winning author was, in my opinion, the finest investigative reporter ever. The brash journalist from Queens, New York, was not afraid to go where others wouldn’t for a story.

Jimmy didn’t know what fake news even meant. It was not in his vocabulary. He was blunt, honest and no nonsense, but he also wrote from his heart.

I had the privilege of many chats with this giant, mostly when he’d be writing on an animal topic.

When I first started writing, he also offered meaningful advice.

He was the real deal. He will be greatly missed.