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Jay Tunney, the son of famed boxer Gene Tunney, shared stories of his father's friendships with the likes of George Bernard Shaw, Ernest Hemingway and Greenwich residents Bernard Gimbel and Sam Pryor as part of a presentation to members of the Retired Men's Association. Tunney is author of "The Prizefighter and the Playwright." Photo: Anne W. Semmes -
Author Jay Tunney discussed his father and his book "The Prizefighter and the Playwright: Gene Tunney and George Bernard Shaw," at the Retired Men's Association recently. Photo: Contributed Photo -
Boxer Gene Tunney and writer George Bernard Shaw seem like the unlikliest of friends - but they were. Tunney was newly married in 1929, to his wife Polly Lauder Tunney from Greenwich, when he and playwright George Bernard Shaw forged their close friendship, initially triggered by Shaw's love of boxing. Photo: Contributed Photo
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