Byron Nelson, Golf Champion, Is Dead at 94
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Emerging as a pre-eminent golfer during the late 1930Âs, Byron Nelson won 11 consecutive tournaments in 1945.
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ERNIE ELS was as good as his word. On Friday, when he led the American Express Championship by two strokes after 36 holes, he said it was time he rededicated himself to golf after being overshadowed by Vijay Singh.
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Vijay Singh of Fiji celebrates after sinking a birdie putt on the 18th green during the final round of the Chrysler Championship on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004, on the Copperhead Course at the Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Fla.
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Johnny Carson, the "Tonight Show" host who served America a smooth nightcap of celebrity banter, droll comedy and heartland charm for 30 years, died Sunday. He was 79. NBC said Carson died of emphysema at his Malibu home.
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SPRING, Texas - Larry Nelson needed a huge comeback - and an extra hole - to win his second Champions Tour event of the year. Nelson rallied from seven strokes off the lead and made a 5-foot birdie putt on
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Since Byron Nelson died, just about everybody in golf has had a kind word to say about him. Just as he always had a kind word to say about just about everybody in golf.
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CALGARY, Alberta  - Oscar Peterson, who sat atop the world of jazz piano for decades with his driving two-handed swing, technical wizardry and rapid-fire solos, has died, a friend of the musician said on Monday. He was 82.
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David Bronstein, a chess grandmaster who nearly became world champion, has died at age 82, the World Chess Federation announced.
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LOS ANGELES  &#151; Herman Brix, the Olympic shot putter who played Tarzan in a 1935 movie, has died. He was 100.
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SUN CITY, South Africa  - South Africa's Retief  Goosen claimed his first Sun City Golf Challenge title at the  Gary Player Country Club Sunday after overnight leader Lee  Westwood slumped to an 80.
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DENNIS, Mass. -- Boston Marathon legend, and two-time race champion, Johnny Kelly, has died at the age of 97. The nephew of the former Olympian, Dave DeLong, said Kelly died Wednesday night at a nursing home on Cape Cod.
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Gay Brewer, the 1967 Masters champion who won 11 times on the PGA Tour, died Friday at his home after a fight with lung cancer. He was 75.
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SPRING, Texas - Larry Nelson rallied from far off the lead and made a 5-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to beat Hale Irwin and win the Administaff Small Business Classic on Sunday.
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On his 35th birthday, Ernie Els received a familiar present &#151; a World Match Play title. And he just might have his 96-year-old grandfather to thank. Els won the tournament for a record sixth time, beating Lee Westwood 2 and 1 Sunday to capture golf's biggest payday &#151; &#36;1.8 million.
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Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer has died of an unspecified illness, a spokesman for the late champion said on Friday. He was 64.
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Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer has died at the age of 64, Icelandic media reports
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Bobby Fischer, the chess champion who made a name for himself by beating the Russians then turning his back on America - and the game - has died