1. James John Klobuchar was an American journalist, author, and newspaper columnist from Minnesota.
14 Facts About Jim Klobuchar
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Jim Klobuchar was regarded as a regionally well-known and admired local sports and politics reporter during his long career working for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis.
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Jim Klobuchar was the father of Minnesota US Senator and former Hennepin County attorney Amy Klobuchar.
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Jim Klobuchar was born in Ely, Minnesota, the son of Mary and Michael Jim Klobuchar.
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Jim Klobuchar's grandparents were all from Slovenia, and the surname Klobucar means "hatter" in Slovenian.
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Jim Klobuchar served in the United States Army from 1950 to 1952 and became a corporal.
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Jim Klobuchar worked as a wire editor for the Bismarck Tribune in North Dakota in 1950 and as a legislative reporter from 1952 to 1953.
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Jim Klobuchar worked as a staff writer for the Associated Press in Minneapolis from 1953 to 1961 and with the Minneapolis Tribune from 1961 to 1965.
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Jim Klobuchar was the first to report on John F Kennedy's defeat of Richard Nixon in 1960.
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Jim Klobuchar became a columnist for the Minneapolis Star starting in 1965 where he covered sports and politics.
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Jim Klobuchar continued writing after his official retirement, including frequent columns for The Christian Science Monitor, which recommended him for a Pulitzer Prize in 2003.
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Jim Klobuchar married Rose Heuberger August 7,1954 and had two children, Amy and Meagan.
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Jim Klobuchar's daughter Amy is a United States Senator and was a Presidential candidate in 2020.
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Jim Klobuchar died at a care facility in Burnsville, Minnesota on May 12,2021, at age 93.