Remembering Legendary Journalist Pete Hamill

Remembering Legendary Journalist Pete Hamill

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Pete Hamill, who died Aug. 5, was a columnist and editor at the ‘New York Post’ and the ‘New York Daily News,’ covering wars, crime and the people of NYC’s boroughs. He helped convince his friend Robert Kennedy to run for president, and on the night RFK was shot, helped tackle the assassin. Hamill spoke with ‘Fresh Air’ about RFK’s assassination, giving up drinking in a boozy industry, and his work in the tabloids.