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ROSS SIMPSON

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BELOVED NBA FIGURE HAS DIED AT 74


Known to his many fans as "Nate the Great". 


Nathaniel "Nate" Thurmond (July 25, 1941 – July 16, 2016)

(FofNews) – NBA great Nate Thurmond died Saturday after a short battle
with leukemia. The seven-time All-Star center’s death came a month after
two of his former teams, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State
Warriors, met in the NBA Finals. Both franchises have retired Thurmond’s
number 42 jersey.

          

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HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST NEWS EVENTS

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CAMILLE BOHANNON
            

    
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HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST NEWS EVENTS

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Roy Rogers (Leonard Franklin Slye)
(November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998)

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SYLVESTER STALLONE IS 70 TODAY


Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone was born in New York.

Director, actor and screenwriter Sylvester Stallone is best known for playing
Italian-American boxer Rocky Balboa in the 1976 film Rocky. He reprised the
role in six sequels, released from 1979 to 2015. He was also John Rambo in 
the Rambo film franchise which ran from 1982 to 2008. 

His mother’s obstetricians used forceps during his birth, which paralyzed the
left half of his face and gave him his trademark facial expression.

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