Ring Lardner

From BR Bullpen

Ringgold Wilmer Lardner, Sr.

• Born March 6, 1885 in Niles, MI USA
• Died September 25, 1933 in East Hampton, NY, USA

Beginning his career in South Bend, Indiana in 1905, Ring Lardner was a noted columnist and satirist. He worked for many papers in Chicago and Boston before being hired by a syndicate in 1919.

At the end of his life, Lardner was plagued by ill health. He died of a heart attack and complications of tuberculosis at age 48.