BOXER LOSES BATTLE WITH CANCER AT 67

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Leon Spinks, right, connects with a right hook to Muhammad Ali,
during the late rounds of their championship fight in Las Vegas
on 15 February 1978. (AP)

 

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Leon Spinks (July 11, 1953 – February 5, 2021)


(Fox News) –
Leon Spinks, a former Marine who became a gold-
medal Olympic
boxer and once defeated Muhammad Ali in a
title fight,
has died. He had been battling multiple types of
cancers, including prostate cancer, for years,

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

today in history

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MIKE GRACIA

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Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004)

 

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MOTORSPORTS ICON IS 74 TODAY

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Darrell Lee Waltrip

 

 

Darrell Lee Waltrip is a motorsports analyst, author, former
national television broadcaster, and stock car driver. He
raced from 1972 to 2000 in the former NASCAR Winston
Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series), most
notably driving the No. 17 Chevrolet for Hendrick
Motorsports (below).

 

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From left: Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Jeff Gordon in the Fox Sports booth.

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ACTOR CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER ~ DEAD AT 91

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Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer
(December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021)

Christopher Plummer, the legendary actor best known for
his roles in “Sound of Music” and “All the Money in the
World,” died
in his home in Weston, Connecticut after
suffering complications from a fall.

 

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Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer while filming The Sound
of Music (1965).

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SINGER/SONGWRITER HAS DIED AT 77

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James Dexter Weatherly (March 17, 1943 – February 3, 2021)

(Fox News) – Jim Weatherly was a singer-songwriter in his own
right, notably working in the pop and country genres, but was
also known for the songs he penned for other artists, including
“Midnight Train to Georgia” for
Glady Knight & The Pips. He died
Wednesday at his home in Brentwood, Tennessee of natural
causes.

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Jim Weatherly (center) with Gladys Knight & the Pips in 1973.

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