About Mike Celizic
Lived 1948 – 2010 (aged 62). Mike Celizic was an American columnist and journalist.
Michael J. Celizic (August 18, 1948 – September 22, 2010) was an American author and columnist.
Celizic was born in Leroy Township, Ohio, and was a graduate of Painesville Riverside High School and the University of Notre Dame.
Celizic authored seven books, including The Biggest Game of Them All: Notre Dame, Michigan State and the Fall of 1966.
Celizic had been a reporter for the Home News Tribune of New Brunswick, New Jersey, and a sports columnist for The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey. He was also a columnist for msnbc.com for 13 years. He was known for a trademark look that always included a hat.
Celizic died of cancer, survived by a wife, Margaret, and four children.
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Who was Mike Celizic?
American journalist and writer (1948-2010)
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Mike Celizic was born on 18 August 1948.
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Mike Celizic died on 22 September 2010.
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Mike Celizic was a columnist and journalist.
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