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Samuel Abt (1934- 2025) Sports journalist, author, writer. Samuel Abt was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Suresnes, France.

Full Name

Samuel Raphael Abt

Locations

Kings•New York•Queens

Author's Timeline

1934

Birth

Kings County: Samuel Raphael Abt was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 20, 1934.

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Residence

Queens County: As a teenager, Mr. Abt lived in Queens, New York.

1971

Other Life Event

New York County: In 1971, Mr. Abt was part of a group of reporters and editors at The New York Times who worked in secret for weeks at the Hilton Hotel in Manhattan, New York, to develop a series of reports based on thousands of pages of classified documents, known as the Pentagon Papers.

1985

Literary Work

Breakaway: On the Road With the Tour de France
Random House
0394546792 / 978-0394546797
Nonfiction.

1989

Literary Work

In High Gear: The World of Professional Bicycle Racing
Bicycle Books Inc., U. S.
0933201249 / 978-0933201248
Nonfiction.

1990

Literary Work

LeMond: The Incredible Comeback of an American Hero
Random House
0394584767 / 978-0394584768
Nonfiction.

2000

Literary Work

Off to the Races: 25 Years of Cycling Journalism
Video Press
Nonfiction.

2005

Literary Work

Up the Road: Cycling’s Modern Era From LeMond to Armstrong
VeloPress
1931382786 / 978-1931382786
Nonfiction.

2010

Literary Work

Lance Armstrong's Comeback From Cancer: A Scapbook of the Tour De France Winner's Dramatic Career
Van der Plas/Cycle Publishing
1892495252 / 978-1892495259
Nonfiction.

2025

Death

Samuel Abt died in a hospital in Suresnes, a suburb of Paris, France, on July 11, 2025.

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