Bob Hunter was a Los Angeles sports writer since 1943. He earned
baseball's prestigious Spink Award('88). I need his date & yr. of
birth. I can pay $3.00.

Hi bluestreak-ga,

Thanks for your question. Another one done! 

Bob Hunter was born on 19 March 1914 and died on 21 October 1993 in
Sherman Oaks, California. He was 80 years old.

"Bob Hunter Remembered as Personable by Peers," by Matt McHale. The
Orange County Register, 10/27/1993, D03.

SSDI
http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Search strategy
newspaper index
"bob hunter" AND "sports writer" AND spink
ssdi search

I hope this answers your question. If you need additional information,
please ask for clarification and I'll do my best to assist you.

Regards,
luciaphile-ga

Luciaphile,                                                           
         You know what I think of your abilities. On this one, I
didn't even know Hunter had died 9 yrs. ago!  I am working on about
100 sports writers, 100 misellaneous sports & entertainment figures
all at once. When I stall on one, I move on to another. I done over
2,000 in the last 2 yrs. since I finally got a computer. It's taken me
over & I'm obsessed. You remind me of me. Can I ask you a question?
Are you a professional researcher? It's hard to imagine you coming
home after a hard day in a cubicle and doing all this productivity
in-between the dishes & housework. But I've digressed. You beyond my
ability to measure now. I have to now provide more details to you for
Alfredo Nobile, of which I have little. Could you also take a look at
James Thurston, dancer?  Kudos to you, even though you're beyond my
compliments.

Hi bluestreak-ga,

Thank you for the praise--I really do appreciate it. We're really not
supposed to provide personal information about ourselves--I do know
that we researchers come from all over the world and have all kinds of
backgrounds and skills. And yes, I sort of do this type of work in my
career, GA is a good way for me to supplement my income. The kinds of
questions you've been posting are the kind I'm particularly good at.
You asked in the Griffith's question about sources. I have been using
a fair amount of print sources for your questions. That's where most
of this stuff is buried. In researching your questions I've found that
what you need is like a jigsaw puzzle scattered about. The trick is to
find one puzzle piece and then try to determine which piece will fit
next and where it is. Sometimes it's also a matter of knowing what
*type* of source to look at rather than needing to know the exact
source itself.

Regards,
luciaphile-ga