Seymour "Pinky" Kravitz (July 11, 1927 – October 31, 2015) was an

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based American radio broadcaster and print journalist. He was known simply as "Pinky," and he reportedly refused to answer to his given name. Kravitz was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia and moved to Atlantic City as a child, where he attended Atlantic City High School. He attended

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on a basketball scholarship. He hosted ''Pinky's Corner'' on

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-AM from an array of Atlantic City locations from 1958 until a few months before his death, which followed heart surgery, in 2015. He also hosted ''WMGM-TV Presents Pinky!'' for years on WMGM-TV-40 in Atlantic City and penned columns for many periodicals including for ''

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''. Kravitz was a resident of Ventnor City, New Jersey.Parisi, Albert J
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'', July 10, 1988. Accessed August 8, 2018. "Some call him 'Mr. Atlantic City,' others just 'Pinky,' but no matter where he's spotted in this resort, Seymour Kravitz is as much a legend as a local tradition.... At 6 feet 5 inches tall, slim and well tanned, the 60-year-old Ventnor resident is an imposing figure with a boyish smile." In 2017, Kravitz was honored and memorialized with a plaque on the

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