David Perlman still going strong
The San Francisco Chronicle's David Perlman churned out 111 stories last year. Not bad for someone born before the discovery of penicillin and Pluto.
Read more: Longtime science writer is quite the specimen himself: He's 94
Read more: Longtime science writer is quite the specimen himself: He's 94
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Another day, another story( Peter DaSilva / For The Times )
David Perlman works on a piece at the Chronicle. His mother, Sara Perlman, took her young son to see "The Front Page" -- probably the Broadway version, which premiered in 1928, but possibly the 1931 movie. Perlman the nonagenarian can't remember which; Perlman the boy was smitten either way.
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