Herb Caen
Herbert Eugene Caen was a San Francisco humorist and journalist whose daily column of local goings-on and insider gossip, social and political happenings, and offbeat puns and anecdotes—"A continuous love letter to San Francisco"—appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle for almost sixty years and made him a household name throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
Background
- Born in
- Sacramento
- Educated at
- Sacramento Charter High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever, but what's wrong with that, really?"
"The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around."
"A city is where you can sign a petition, boo the chief justice, fish off a pier, gaze at a hippopotamus, buy a flower at the corner, or get a good hamburger or a bad girl at 4 a.m. A city is where sir…"
"A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew."
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Timeline
1916
Born
Birth1997
Died
Death
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