MINNETONKA, MINNESOTA — Today, Rep. Dean Phillips released a speech he is submitting to the official Congressional Record honoring the life of longtime Star Tribune columnist and Minnesota legend Sid Hartman, who passed away on Sunday, Oct. 18, at the age of 100.
The full text of the speech is below:
Madam Speaker, it is with profound sadness and great affection that I rise today to celebrate the extraordinary life of Sid Hartman, a Minnesota sports pioneer and giant in journalism who passed away this week at the age of 100.
A child of Jewish immigrant parents who grew up in North Minneapolis in the 1920’s, Sid sold newspapers on downtown street corners – unwittingly beginning what would become a 75-year career in the news business. His first column in the Star Tribune was published on September 11, 1945 – just days after the end of WWII – and by the time he published his last column for the Minneapolis Star Tribune on October 18, 2020, his total number of bylines reached 21,235.
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