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George Plimpton. George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American writer. He is known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review, as well as his patrician demeanor and accent. He was known for " participatory journalism," including accounts of his active involvement in professional sporting ...
Author, Actor. A curator of American literature and whose first-hand accounts of professional sports as an amateur participant made him a best-selling author with "Paper Lion." He was the son of Francis T. P. Plimpton and the grandson of Frances Taylor Pearsons and George Arthur Plimpton.
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- March 18, 1927
- Freddy Medora (Espy) Plimpton
- September 25, 2003
Aug 18, 2023 · George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American journalist, writer, literary editor, actor and occasional amateur sportsman. He is widely known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review , as well as his patrician demeanor and accent.
- March 18, 1927
- Journalist, writer, literary editor, actor.
George Ames Plimpton was born in New York City and spent his childhood in New York City, attending St. Bernard's School and growing up in an apartment duplex on Manhattan's Upper East Side located at 1165 Fifth Avenue. During the summers, he lived in West Hills, a hamlet located in the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County, New York.
Jan 15, 2009 · A subtheme winding its way through George, Being George is that underneath Plimpton’s deeply amiable exterior was a person who sometimes came across as a Man Without Qualities.
Plimpton, George Ames. ( b. 18 March 1927 in New York City; d. 25 September 2003 in New York City), editor in chief and cofounder of the Paris Review, popular writer, and principal practitioner of participatory journalism during the latter half of the twentieth century.
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George Ames Plimpton was born in New York City in 1927, the grandson of George Arthur Plimpton, founder of the publishing house Ginn. His father, Francis Taylor Pearsons Plimpton, was a lawyer and partner at the firm Debevoise and Plimpton, and later served as ambassador to the United Nations from 1961-1965.
