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Oscar Winner Sidney Poitier Dies at 94

January 8, 2022
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Sidney Poitier, who became the first black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, has died. He was 94. Poitier, winner of the best actor Oscar in 1964 for “Lilies of the Field,” died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles, according to…

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Al Unser, a Four-Time Winner of Indianapolis 500, Dies at 82

December 10, 2021
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Al Unser, one of only four drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 a record four times, died Thursday following a long illness. He was 82. Unser died at his home in Chama, New Mexico, with his wife, Susan, by his side, Indianapolis Motor Speedway said early Friday. He had been battling cancer for 17 years….

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He Already Beat Cancer—Now, Joel Dahmen Will Celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day as a PGA Tour Winner Too

June 5, 2021
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By Scott Hanson From The Seattle Times SEATTLE—First a career milestone, and now a life milestone. Joel Dahmen, the former University of Washington golfer and a Clarkston, Wash., native, celebrated his first victory on the PGA Tour at the end of March. Late last month, Dahmen celebrated his 10th anniversary of surviving cancer, meaning that…

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