FILE - In this June 18, 1969, file photo, columnist Jimmy Breslin, left, and author Norman Mailer concede defeat in New York City's primary election after Mailer's unsuccessful bid for mayor, with Breslin as his running mate for city council president, at their election headquarters in New York. After their predictable loss, Breslin observed, "I'm mortified to have taken part in a process that has closed the bar for the better part of the day." Breslin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning chronicler of wise guys and underdogs, died Sunday, March 19, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo, FIle)