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From the New Yorker archives: A 1986 profile by Calvin Trillin of Edna Buchanan, the Miami Herald crime reporter known for her unwavering determination and punchy writing style. In a story about a rowdy ex-con who punched a cashier at a fried-chicken joint and was shot to death by a security guard, Buchanan wrote a now-famous lead: “Gary Robinson died hungry.”
The profile is, to borrow a phrase from Buchanan, “interesting as heck.”
