PD reader rep Ted Diadiun asked that question in his daily morning note to the editorial department. There's an interview with Kaye, now a blogger in the San Fernando Valley near Los Angeles.
Ted notes: "Kaye got a job with the Cleveland Plain Dealer as a copy boy, making $60a week. He moved up the ranks quickly, and became a reporter on the police beat, working 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. He loved the lifestyle, theatmosphere. "When I got off of work, the bars were closed and we'd go to some Greek joint, and we'd drink till dawn and play liar's poker. Drinking shots with all these guys that were crippled by the Korean War, who were wonderful, amazing journalists, filled with great, legendary stories andwho played a very different game than anyone would play today. They would steal papers off of cops' desks. They would do anything get an angle. To take the story away from the other guys. So it was a great education."
Here's a link to the whole piece: http://blogs.uscannenberg.org/neontommy/2010/04/citizen-kaye.html
If you remember him, send a comment.
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