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5 Things You Didn't Know About George Plimpton
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He Tried to Save RFK
Despite being booted from Phillips Exeter Academy, Plimpton eventually went to Harvard as an undergrad. While he was there hebefriended Robert Kennedy,and the two young students quickly became very close. (Muhammad Ali would later jokingly call Plimpton "Kennedy" because the writer was so friendly with the family.)
Plimpton was actually on RFK's private plane when Kennedy made the decision to run for President. Later, he wasstanding at Kennedy's side at the Ambassador Hotel when Sirhan Sirhan assassinated the presidential hopeful.Plimpton, former NFL star Roosevelt Grier and decathlete Rafer Johnson were actually the men who wrestled the assassin to the ground and disarmed him before he could fire any additional shots.
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He Knew When to Ask for Cash
Plimpton and his pals William Styron and Peter Matthiessen began kicking around the idea of starting a literary journal with some other friends in Paris in the early 1950s. They were good writers and showed promise as editors, but they weren't so hot on the business end of things. One of their short-lived ideas involved printing the journal on birch bark and calling it Druid's Home Companion.
Even after common sense prevailed and the name The Paris Review stuck, this dream team had a problem: they didn't have any cash. So they sought out investors. Plimpton eventually hit the gold mine during the running of the bulls in Pamplona. He was there watching the spectacle with Prince SadruddinAga Khan,[not current guy] and he asked mid-race if the prince could slide his magazine some dough to become its first publisher. To Plimpton's surprise, they made the deal. Plimpton later recalled, "We had no money. It seemed to me an unusual moment to ask him. He had his mind on the bulls, and he said yes."
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/23949/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-george-plimpton