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Auditions blog: "I had my hands around his neck," he recalled in a 2002 interview with The Associated Press, referring to gunman Sirhan Sirhan, whom he helped wrestle to the ground 16 " He even appeared in an episode of "The Simpsons," playing a professor who runs a spelling bee He served as a volunteer for Robert Kennedy's 1968 presidential run and was walking in front of him as the candidate was assassinated in the kitchen of a Los Angeles hotel Until 2002, when he turned 75, his highest honor was being named New York City fireworks commissioner, a position that didn't officially exist Much of his career served as a send-up of Hemingway's famous credo: "Grace Under Pressure Plimpton died Thursday night at his Manhattan apartment, his longtime friend, restaurateur Elaine Kaufman, said Friday The Paris Review remained more respected than read He was full of energy," said Kaufman, who said she had known Plimpton for 40 years Robert Kennedy was a classmate at Harvard " His other books included "Bogey Man," "Out of My League" and "Shadow Box Allowed briefly to play quarterback, he remembered the crowd cheering as he left the field after a series of mishaps He was 76 'Paper Lion' Author George Plimpton Dies Sep 26, 10:34 AM EST George Plimpton, the self-deprecating author of "Paper Lion" and a patron to Philip Roth, Jack Kerouac and countless other writers, has died She had no information on the cause He had four children The magazine's high reputation rested on two traditions: publishing the work of emerging authors, including Roth and Kerouac, and an unparalleled series of interviews in which Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner and others discussed their craft " Plimpton could also take credit for at least one memorable fictional character: Sidd Finch, a baseball pitcher of unprecedented gifts (168 mph fastball) and unlikely background (reared in the mountains of Tibet) portrayed so vividly by Plimpton in a 1985 Sports Illustrated article that many believed he existed But writers appreciated Plimpton for The Paris Review, the quarterly he helped found in 1953 and ran for decades with eager passion Plimpton maintained a light touch in his work, but he knew tragedy firsthand Some of it was, perhaps, in appreciation of the lunacy of my participation and for the fortitude it took to do it," he wrote, "but most of it, even if subconscious, I decided was in relief that I had done as badly as I had The Guild, an arts organization based on Long Island, gave him a lifetime achievement award He witnessed a baffling encounter between Richard Nixon and Casey Stengel, when the president wanted to talk baseball and the former baseball manager wanted to discuss banking But the public knew him better as an amiable underdog, stumbling amid the feet of the giants of sports and other professions "It verified the assumption that the average fan would have about an amateur blundering into the brutal world of professional football He had deep connections to the political world, dating back to childhood, when Adlai Stevenson â€â€? the two-time presidential nominee â€â€? was a family friend and Jacqueline Kennedy a debutante he would see at dances A native of New York, Plimpton held the parallel identities of insider and outsider " Praised as a "central figure in American letters" when inducted in 2002 to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Plimpton also enjoyed a lifetime of making literature out of nonliterary pursuits " Plimpton was married twice: to Freddy Medora Espy, whom he divorced in 1988, and to Sara Whitehead Dudley "I thought about the applause afterward In "Paper Lion," he documented his time training with the Detroit Lions in 1963 The subscription base was rarely higher than a few thousand and the bank account seemed to descend at will " Said author John Updike, a longtime friend: "My goodness, he was so vital, full of fun In a culture where millions fantasized about being movie stars or sports heroes, the lanky, wavy-haired Plimpton dared to enter the arena himself, with results both comic and instructive But within a month of the academy induction, the French made him a Chevalier, the Legion of Honor's highest rank Donations from various wealthy friends kept it going "Bad stuff He was born into society â€â€? diplomat's son â€â€? and spoke in an upper-class accent worthy of a Harvard man In 2003, Plimpton decided to write his memoirs, signing a $750,000 deal with Little, Brown and Co The outsider did not belong, and there was comfort in that being proved He seemed to know everyone: athletes, actors, musicians, statesmen "He wanted to talk about Sidd Finch," Plimpton recalled Plimpton turned his head away as he spoke, his clear voice turned foggy He boxed with Archie Moore, pitched to Willie Mays and performed as a trapeze artist for the Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus Sports was the common bond between Plimpton and politicians " He sailed with John Kennedy, played tennis with former President Bush and rode on Air Force One with President Clinton He knew the current President Bush from his days as owner of the Texas Rangers and chatted with him shortly after Election Day 2000, when the outcome was still in doubt " Starting in the 1950s, when he began his vocation as a "participatory" journalist, he practiced the singular art of narrating panic He would get slaughtered "He was talking about a trip he took with his family to the tip of South America "I thought that was rather odd Plimpton proved all too effective at praising others at the expense of himself "I saw him the other day He acted in numerous films, including "Reds" and "Good Will Hunting At one point in 2001, Plimpton reported, funds dropped to $1 |
