Irv Kupcinet Quotes


I wish all high schools could offer students the outside activities that were available at the old Harrison High on Chicago's West Side in the late '20s. They enabled me to become part of a school newspaper, drama group, football team and student government.


Citations

Kupcinet, Irv, and Paul Neimark. Kup: A Man, an Era, a City. Bonus Books, 1988.

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Irv Kupcinet
Irv Kupcinet
  • Born: July 31, 1912
  • Died: November 10, 2003
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Journalist

Irving "Irv" Kupcinet was an American newspaper columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, television talk-show host, and radio personality based in Chicago, Illinois. He was popularly known by the nickname "Kup".