What is George Plimpton?
[[File:George Plimpton (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''George Ames Plimpton''' (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American journalist, writer and editor. He was widely known for his [[sports journalism|sports writing]] and for helping to found ''[[The Paris Review]]''. He was born in [[New York City]]. Plimpton, along with former [[decathlon|decathlete]] [[Rafer Johnson]] and [[American football]] star [[Rosey Grier]], helped wrestle [[Sirhan Sirhan]] to the floor when [[Robert F. Kennedy]] was [[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy|assassinated]] in 1968. Plimpton died on September 25, 2003 at his New York City apartment from a [[heart attack]] caused by [[supraventricular tachycardia]], aged 76.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/27/arts/george-plimpton-author-and-editor-is-dead-at-76.html|title=George Plimpton, Author And Editor, Is Dead at 76|last=Severo|first=Richard|date=September 27, 2003|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 4, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Plimpton, George}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2003 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:American editors]] [[Category:American sports commentators]] [[Category:Journalists from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}}