Pete Hamill
New York City newspaper Pete Hamill (June 24, 1935-August 5, 2020) applied his storytelling craft and his poetry to the New York Post, New York Herald Tribune, New York Daily News, Newsday, the Village Voice, New York Magazine, and Esquire to make sense of a great city. As a sheet metal worker at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Hamill worked with his hands before entering the Navy, completing high school, immersing himself in Fitzgerald and Hemingway, and attending Mexico City College.
Pete Hamill
Wilford Brimley
Utah born and former Marine Wilford Brimley (September 27, 1934-August 1, 2020) spent two decades moving across the West, working at ranches and racetracks. During the 1960s, he drove into film work, riding in “True Grit” and appearing in TV series such as “The Waltons,” “How the West Was Won,” “The Oregon Trail” and “Kung Fu.” Brimley also made recordings as a jazz vocalist. He has starred in advertisements in recent years for Quaker Oats oatmeal and Liberty Medical.
Wilford Brimley
