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Nov 25, 2024
Rico Carty (1939–2024), 1970 NL batting champion
Rico Carty was a veteran Major League Baseball player best known for his time with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves, winning the National League batting title in 1970 with a .366 average.
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May 13, 2024
Susan Backlinie (1946–2024), first shark attack victim in Jaws
Susan Backlinie was an actress and stunt performer best known for playing Chrissie Watkins, the first person attacked by a shark in the 1975 blockbuster film, “Jaws.”
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Feb 9, 2024
Seiji Ozawa (1935–2024), norm-breaking conductor
Seiji Ozawa was an offbeat, norm-breaking Japanese conductor who led the Boston Symphony Orchestra longer than any other music director.
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May 23, 2022
Ron Rice (1940–2022), Hawaiian Tropic founder
Ron Rice was the founder of the iconic sunscreen brand Hawaiian Tropic.
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Sep 11, 2019
Fred McLeod (1952–2019), beloved Cleveland Cavaliers announcer
Longtime Detroit Pistons broadcaster moved to the Cavaliers in 2006.
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Nov 17, 2016
Melvin Laird (1922 - 2016)
Melvin Laird, the defense secretary who oversaw the 1973 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam, died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, according to multiple news sources. Laird was 94.
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Nov 26, 2015
John Knauss (1925 - 2015), noted oceanographer
John A. Knauss, the noted oceanographer whose research and advocacy helped raised alarms about the delicate state of the world’s oceans, died Nov. 19, according to The Associated Press. He was 90.
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Jun 5, 2013
Conway Twitty, Chart-Topper
Conway Twitty held the record for most No. 1 singles of any artist for decades until George Strait broke it in 2006...
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Jan 8, 2013
Yvonne De Carlo: A Munster and More
Six years after Yvonne De Carlo's death Jan. 8, 2007, we remember her greatest TV gig and the movies that preceded it.
