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- PERSONAL: Born March 18, 1927, in New York, NY; died September 25, 2003, in New York, NY; son of Francis T.P. (a lawyer and former U.S. deputy representative to the United Nations) and Pauline (Ames) Plimpton; married Freddy Medora Espy (a photography studio assistant), March 28, 1968 (divorced, 1988); married Sarah Whitehead Dudley, 1991; children: (first marriage) Medora Ames, Taylor Ames, (second marriage) Olivia Hartley, Laura Dudley.
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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 ...
Aug 4, 2010 · George Plimpton was the editor of The Paris Review, a celebrity bon vivant and a founder of participatory journalism who practiced with the Detroit Lions and fought a professional boxer and...
Son of Francis Taylor Pearsons Plimpton and Pauline (Ames) Plimpton. [sibling (s) unknown] Husband of Freddy Medora (Espy) Plimpton — married 1968 (to 1988) [location unknown] [children unknown] Died 25 Sep 2003 in New York City, New York, United States.
- Male
- March 18, 1927
- Freddy Medora (Espy) Plimpton
- September 25, 2003
He is survived by his second wife, Sara Whitehead Dudley, two children from his first marriage, Medora Ames and Taylor Ames, and two from his second marriage, twins Olivia Hartley and Laura Dudley. Sources:
- Editor
- Sports Writing
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Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews, Viking (New York, NY), Volume 1, 1957, Volume 2, 1963, Volume 3, 1967, Volume 4, 1976, Volume 5, 1981, Volume 6, 1984, Volume 7, 1986, Volume 8, 1988, Volume 9, 1992. (With Peter Ardery) The American Literary Anthology, number 1, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1968, number 2, Random House (New York, NY)...
Out of My League(baseball anecdotes), Harper (New York, NY), 1961. Paper Lion(football anecdotes), Harper (New York, NY), 1966. The Bogey Man(golf anecdotes), Harper (New York, NY), 1968. (Editor and author of introduction) Pierre Etchebaster, Pierre's Book: The Game of Court Tennis, Barre Publishers (Barre, MA), 1971. (With Alex Karras and John Go...
The Rabbit's Umbrella(juvenile), Viking (New York, NY), 1955. (With William Kronick) Plimpton! Shoot-out at Rio Lobo(script), American Broadcasting Company (ABC-TV), 1970. Plimpton! The Man on the Flying Trapeze(script), ABC-TV, 1970. (With William Kronick) Plimpton! Did You Hear the One About…? (script), ABC-TV, 1971. (With William Kronick) Plimpt...
Jan 15, 2009 · His great-grandfather Adelbert Ames was the youngest general in the Civil War and subsequently became a Reconstruction governor of Mississippi. His grandfather George Arthur Plimpton earned a...
Oct 9, 2003 · George Ames Plimpton, writer and madcap, died on September 25th, aged 76. Oct 9th 2003 |. Getty News. PERHAPS Ernest Hemingway started it. In the 1920s he was a hungry young writer in Paris ...
