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Harry E. deLeyer (September 21, 1927 – June 25, 2021) is most famous for rescuing an old plow horse from the slaughterhouse, and a few years later winning national shows with that same horse, which became the most famous horse in America in the 1950s. The horse, Snowman, was eventually inducted into United States Show Jumping Hall of Fame in ...
Virginia Kraft Payson (February 19, 1930 – January 9, 2023) was an American thoroughbred owner and breeder, big-game hunter, and journalist.She wrote for Sports Illustrated under the name of Virginia Kraft for 26 years, starting with its first issue in 1954 when she was the only female on the writing staff.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Clifford Clarence Comstock, 78, of Benton City, died Aug. 10 at home. He was born in Yamhill, Ore., and lived in the Tri-Cities for 47 years. The U.S. Navy veteran was a retired millwright at the ...
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The following is a list of notable deaths in February 2024.. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
Sergeant York pictured during the state funeral of Ronald Reagan in 2004. Sergeant York (formerly Allaboard Jules ) is a retired horse that was previously owned by the United States Army . An American Standardbred , Sergeant York was foaled April 25, 1991 and reared as a racehorse in New York under the name Allaboard Jules.
In 1928, Marion duPont Scott, the older child, inherited Montpelier after their father's death. Located four miles (6 km) south of Orange, Virginia, the estate had been the plantation home of James Madison, fourth President of the United States. In 1934, William and Marion established the Montpelier Races, a National Steeplechase event, which ...