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Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (/ z ə ˈ h ɑːr i ə s /; née Didrikson; June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who excelled in golf, basketball, baseball, and track and field.
She ran the 100 meter in 10.96-seconds at the 1987 Cologne Grand Prix Track and Field Meet, a personal best but the mark was not even in the top 40 of all time. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] She continued to improve, again setting a personal best of 10.89 in the 100 meters in San Diego on June 25, 1988, but still remained shy of then American record holder ...
Over 60 years after his death, remains were found on July 7, 2009, on a cliff in Rocca Busambra near Corleone, and on March 9, 2012, a DNA test, compared with one extracted from his father Carmelo Rizzotto, long dead and exhumed for this purpose, confirmed the identity of remains as being that of Placido Rizzotto following a long and difficult ...
Gleaton Jones, a former walk-on running back for the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team, has died at 21 following a car crash this week. Jones died on Friday, Dec. 13, according to an ...
Sandra Birchmore joined the Stoughton Police Explorers Program when she was 12. Now an instructor is charged with her murder. Here is a timeline.
Valter Nyström, 95, Swedish Olympic track and field athlete. [129] Danny Stiles, 87, American radio host. [130] Donny George Youkhanna, 60, Iraqi archaeologist, anthropologist and author, heart attack. [131] Notable Japanese killed during the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami: Miki Endo, 25, voice warning and alarm agent. [132]
Corinne Cater, identified as a family spokesperson by the Instagram post, confirmed Westbrook's death to USA TODAY. In 1984, Westbrook won an Olympic bronze medal at the Los Angeles Games in the ...
Ron Haffkine, 84, American record producer and music manager (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show), leukemia and kidney failure. [8] Kenneth Horsnell, 90, Australian cricketer (South Australia). [9] Patricia Janečková, 25, Slovak soprano, breast cancer. [10] Kim Yong-il, 76, North Korean diplomat and politician. [11] (death announced on this date)