UPDATE 11:30 with more information throughout. Jimmy Breslin, the influential, combative and often-imitated New York City newspaper journalist, died today at 88. His death was reported in his longtime berth, the New York Daily News. Breslin had been recovering from pneumonia. Breslin, who also wrote novels and non-fiction books, will be remembered for giving voice to working-class New Yorkers through his Daily New…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:30PM on March 19, 2017