The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 27th, 2003
Death of the paper lion
By RESLER
Saturday, September 27, 2003
George Plimpton, who died Thursday night in New York, was once hailed as a "central figure in American letters." But there was another side to Plimpton, a side closer to reality TV than to great literature and the high society from which he came.
Despite Plimpton's notable accomplishments as an author, editor and co-founder of the respected literary quarterly the Paris Review, and longtime friend of giants such as John Updike and Norman Mailer, Plimpton probably will remain best known for his brief and bumbling career as a prof...
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