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Damon Runyon
Story aired: Tuesday, August 26, 2008



The writer and journalist Damon Runyon got his start in the newspaper business in Colorado. He covered the 1908 Democratic convention here and went onto fame in New York City. The musical Guys and Dolls was based on two of his stories. We look at his Denver roots with John Insilin, a reporter with the Rocky Mountain News and historian of the Denver Press Club.

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John Insilin


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