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Hanna Rosin, who admits to belonging to a club of former Michael Kelly writers “who sort of hero-worship him,” writes: “The lower you were on the totem pole the nicer Mike was to you. I saw Mike at his most comically chivalrous standing up for a waiter who’d been dumped on by a ‘very important person.’ And oh, how he scorned the ‘Very Important Persons’ and their ‘Very Important Clubs,’ in columns and in person.”
> “THIS ONE IS FOR DAVID BLOOM AND MICHAEL KELLY,” writes Pete Hamill. “Each died while working for all of us.” (New York Daily News)
> “COMPARING NON-COMBAT DEATHS OF REPORTERS to combat losses might seem insensitive,” says a USA Today editorial. “But much of what the public knows about the war came because journalists were willing to travel with the U.S. military.” (USA Today)
> Dowd: Kelly was a dazzling writer, editor, dancer, and cook (NYT/r.r.)
> Henican: Kelly was a charming, scary-smart, high-spirited guy (Newsday)
> Kelly, Bloom loved going where the action is, says Johnson (USA Today)
> Childhood friend: “Mike’s birthday parties were huge events” (UPI)
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