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Remembering Jim Burns

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Mike Glyer
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By Steve Vertlieb: It was four years ago on June 2nd, 2016, that I lost one of my dearest, most cherished friends. What would normally have been among the happiest nights of my life … receiving a cherished life achievement … Continue reading →

Posted in In Passing | Tagged James H. Burns, Steve Vertlieb | 3 Replies

Remembering Jim Burns

Posted on June 15, 2019 by Mike Glyer

By Steve Vertlieb: Just thinking about my dear friend and brother, James H. Burns, who left us on June 2nd, 2016. Jimmy was a wonderful writer, journalist, avid sports fan, and film historian. He was also my friend. No one … Continue reading →

Posted in Poor Trufan's Almanack | Tagged James H. Burns, Steve Vertlieb

Remembering Jim Burns on His Birthday

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Mike Glyer

[Steve Vertlieb pays tribute to his friend and prolific File 770 contributor, the late Jim Burns.] By Steven J. Vertlieb: James H. Burns was a professional writer, film historian, sports enthusiast, actor, and fan. More importantly, however, he was my … Continue reading →

Posted in In Passing | Tagged James H. Burns, Steve Vertlieb

Remembering Jim Burns

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Mike Glyer

By Steve Vertlieb: My win for the 2016 Rondo Hall Of Fame Award the other night was, is, and always will be tempered by the heartbreaking news and realization that my beloved friend and brother, Jim Burns, has tragically passed … Continue reading →

Posted in In Passing | Tagged James H. Burns, Rondo Hatton Awards, Steve Vertlieb

Remembering James H. Burns Who Died A Year Ago Today

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Mike Glyer

By Steve Vertlieb: With the late James H. Burns at Sardi’s in New York for dinner during a chilly Winter’s evening in December, 2014. Jimmy was one of my most cherished pals. He was my friend, my muse, my collaborator, … Continue reading →

Posted in In Passing | Tagged James H. Burns, Steve Vertlieb

Remembering James H. Burns

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Mike Glyer

By Steve Vertlieb: With my dear pal and cherished friend, Jim Burns, over dinner at Sardi’s Restaurant in New York at Christmas, 2014. Jimmy was one of my closest buddies. He could always make me laugh. Jim was a gifted … Continue reading →

Posted in In Passing | Tagged James H. Burns, Steve Vertlieb

James H. Burns Has Died

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Mike Glyer

A day of mourning. Frequent File 770 contributor James H. Burns has died, found by his landlord on June 2. A month ago Jim was hospitalized for blood clots in his legs and put on blood thinners. After he was … Continue reading →

Posted in In Passing | Tagged James H. Burns

Burns at the Beach

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Mike Glyer

Regular File 770 contributor James H. Burns invites people to read his new op-ed in the East Rockaway Herald, which looks back on some Long Island lore and urges local government to restore a pretty nifty lost element from his summers … Continue reading →

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Burns’ Halloween Reverie on CBS

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Mike Glyer

Frequent File 770 contributor James H. Burns made the “front page” of CBS New York’s website today with “Halloween Reverie: Then and Now”, a memoir about Long Island’s changing trends for celebrating the holiday. On one Saturday in the early … Continue reading →

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Burns: Happy Birthday, George Wells

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Mike Glyer

By Jim Burns: Today is the 70th birthday of that other notable Wells, longtime science fiction fan, George! George Wells, a native New Yorker (from SuffolkCounty, Long Island), attended his first Lunacons in 1958 and 1960), and then… College helped … Continue reading →

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