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- Died
- Birth nameJoseph Paul Durso
- Joseph Durso was born on June 22, 1924 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978), ESPN SportsCentury (1999) and ESPN 25: Who's #1? (2004). He was married to Elsie Durso and Margaret Durso. He died on December 31, 2004 in Stony Brook, New York, USA.
- SpousesElsie Durso(? - 1992) (her death, 1 child)Margaret Durso(? - December 31, 2004) (his death, 2 children)
- Recipient of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award (presented to a writer for meritorious contributions to baseball writing) in 1995.
- He was a captain in the Army Air Forces during WWII.
- Sports writer for The New York Times for 51 years; author of a dozen sports biographies and books on sports history.
- He started his journalism career at the Newark (NJ) Evening News in 1947. He also worked in radio before going to the NY Times, where he started covering sports in 1964.
- His sports writing earned him a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.
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