I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.
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Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything.
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Birth: | 3rd April, 1916 |
Death: | 1st February, 1997 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Journalist |
Herbert Eugene "Herb" Caen was born in Sacramento, California, USA. He was an American journalist. A special Pulitzer Prize called him the "voice and conscience" of San Francisco." In 1936 he began writing a radio programming column for the San Francisco Chronicle. He wrote several books include: Baghdad-by-the-bay, The cable car and the dragon, One Man's San Francisco, Don't Call it Frisco, and Herb Caen's San Francisco: 1976-1991.
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