Pete Hamill, renowned New York City journalist, has died at age 85, his brother and literary agent say.
He penned screenplays, several novels, and was best known for his acclaimed memoir, “A Drinking Life.”
“New York is a city of daily irritations, occasional horrors, hourly tests of will and even courage, and huge dollops of pure beauty.” Hamill's storied career included a brush with national tragedy. He was at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles in 1968 when Robert Kennedy was gunned down by Sirhan Sirhan, and Hamill was among a handful of people who wrestled the gun away from the assassin., “The Revolt of the White Lower Middle Class,” Hamill correctly predicted the rise of white working-class grievance that has fueled national politics ever since.
"He was the guy I called every time I was in a jam, he was always my voice of reason," said Kemp, a spokesman for Northwell Health.
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