Journalist Murray Kempton

Murray Kempton

Living place: Baltimore

Birthday: 16-12-1917

Population of US 1917: 103,268,000

Global rank: #81155

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Who is Journalist Murray Kempton?
James Murray Kempton is an American journalist and social and political commentator. During his career, he won many awards such as for his book The Briar Patch, The People of New York, he won the National Book Award in 1974 and the Pulitzer Prize in 1985 for his profound witty commentary on community issues.
 
 

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James Murray Kempton is the son of Sally Ambler and James Branson Kempton, a stockbroker. Kempton's father died of the flu shortly after he was born, so his childhood lived in poverty.
In 1939, after he graduated, he had a brief stint in a labor organization, then There he joined the staff of the New York Post, where his gentle, elegant, yet sophisticated prose style made him famous. Later, he served in the The United States Air Force troops during World War II were stationed in New Guinea and the Philippines.
In 1949 he returned to the New York Post as a labor columnist editor and later became a journalist. for this newspaper and write articles for NYC. In 1958 he won a scholarship from the US-Italy Fulbright Commission, he spent a year in Rome in 1959 to study this course.
In the following years, he continued to do the work of an editor for The New Republic newspaper. After Rupert murdoch bought the New York Post in 1977, he turned to the newspaper again. In 1981, he became a columnist and columnist for Newsday, the Long Island.
In addition, with his talents, Kempton is also a regular contributor of articles to The New York newspapers. Review of Books, Esquire magazine, CBS's Spectrum and National Review radio opinion series, who worked with his editor friend, William F. Buckley,
Kempton was a dedicated journalist, in his whole life as a journalist he has never felt tired of his work but on the contrary he is a tireless worker who always submits four columns at the beginning of the week who cannot drive but he still goes for a walk around the city by bicycle. In 1995, he received the Lovejoy Elijah Parish Award.
In 1997, he died of pancreatic cancer and a heart attack at the age of 79.

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Kempton was married twice and his second wife died in 1995.

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Who is Girl friend/ wife/ darling Journalist Murray Kempton?
He had worked for Rupert Murdoch at the New York Post.
William F. Buckley was an editor and friend of Kempton.

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When was Journalist Murray Kempton born?
Murray Kempton was born in 16-12-1917, death year is , at the age of 107.
Where is Journalist Murray Kempton's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Murray Kempton was born in Baltimore, Maryland- United States. Mr, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Murray Kempton's global rank is 81155 and whose rank is 466 in list of famous Journalist. Population of US in 1917 is about 103,268,000 persons.
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Murray Kempton - brutal interviewer with lengthy interviews
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Events in 1917 and 16-12

Events in US in the birth year of Murray Kempton

  • U.S. declares war with Germany (Apr. 6). Background: World War I
  • "I Want You." James Montgomery Flagg's poster, featuring Uncle Sam and based on a 1914 British poster, attracts thousands of U.S. recruits to WWI duty.
  • Between ten thousand and fifteen thousand blacks silently walk down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence (July 28). Background: civil rights

Birthday Murray Kempton (16-12) in history

  • Day 16-12 year 1653: Politician Oliver Cromwell became the protective lord of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
  • Day 16-12 year 1773: The birth of the Boston Tea Party.
  • Day 16-12 year 1916: Grigori Rasputin assassinated by a group of noble Russian conspirators.
  • Day 16-12 year 1920: One of the deadliest earthquakes in history hit the Gansu province in China. The 8.6 quake killed 200,000 people.
  • Day 16-12 year 1944: The Battle of the Bulge during World War II began in Belgium.
  • Day 16-12 year 1990: Jean-Bertrand Aristide was elected president of Haiti in the country's first democratic elections.
  • Day 16-12 year 2000: Colin Powell was selected to become the first African-American secretary of state.
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