found: His Jim Murray, 1993:CIP t.p. (Jim Murray) galley (first writer to win a Pulitzer prize for sports commentary; currently a sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times where he writes three columns a week)
found: Phone call to Macmillian Pub. Co., 08-14-92(Jim Murray b. 01-03-20; Jim Murray : an autobiography is his first book)
found: ESPN classic, via WWW, Mar. 11, 2011:(Jim Murray, sportswriter, b. Dec. 29, 1919; d. Aug. 16, 1998; books: Best of Jim Murray, Sporting world of Jim Murray; Jim Murray collection; Jim Murray, an autobiography; Jim Murray : last of the best; Jim Murray : the great ones)
found: Social Security death index online, Mar. 11, 2011:(b. Dec. 29, 1919; d. Aug. 17, 1998)
found: The great American sports page, 2019:page ix (Jim Murray (1919-1998))
found: Wikipedia web site, August 31, 2019:(Jim Murray, James Patrick Murray (December 29, 1919 - August 16, 1998) was an American sportswriter. He worked at the Los Angeles Times from 1961 until his death in 1998, and his column was nationally syndicated. A native of Hartford, Connecticut, Murray graduated from that city's Trinity College in 1943)