January 09, 2009
Daily Racing Form columnist Joe Hirsch dies
NEW YORK—Joe Hirsch, the longtime columnist for the Daily Racing Form known as the dean of American turf writers, died today. He was 80. Mr. Hirsch had Parkinson’s disease and was recovering from a broken hip suffered in a fall last spring. He died at St. Luke’s Hospital, said Steven Crist, chairman and publisher of the Daily Racing Form.
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