Metro columnist

Rubén Rosario

From smoking crack in a Harlem drug den  to covering mob trials, Rubén Rosario spent 11 years as a writer for the New York Daily News before joining the Pioneer Press in 1991. The incurable-cancer survivor launched his award-winning column in 1997 and "retired" in April 2020.  "Deadline Minnesota," his collection of favorite columns over the years, is available on Amazon.

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