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Pete Hamill, legendary Post columnist and author, dead at 85

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Published Aug. 5, 2020
Updated Aug. 5, 2020, 2:31 p.m. ET
Pete Hamill, left, with former New York Post vice president Peter Faris after he refused to step down as editor in the early 1990s.
Pete Hamill, left, with former New York Post vice president Peter Faris after he refused to step down as editor in the early 1990s. Betsy Herzog/AP
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Pete Hamill
Pete Hamill Dan Brinzac
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Pete Hamill, a reporter for the New York Post, takes notes as he walks ahead of the Memphis-to-Jackson march led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1966.
Pete Hamill, a reporter for the New York Post, takes notes as he walks ahead of the Memphis-to-Jackson march led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1966. AP
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Pete Hamill in 1977
Pete Hamill in 1977 AP
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Pete Hamill, Jimmy Breslin
Pete Hamill and Jimmy Breslin Brian Hamill/HBO
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Pete Hamill circa 1967
Pete Hamill circa 1967 Newsday RM via Getty Images
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Pete Hamill Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
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Pete Hamill with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in 1970.
Pete Hamill with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in 1970. Art Zelin/Getty Images
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Pete Hamill Dan Brinzac
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Pete Hamill AP