Negro League Great Buck O'Neil Dies
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Buck O'Neil, the goodwill ambassador for the Negro Leagues who fell one vote shy of the Hall of Fame, died Friday night at the age of 94. O'Neil became the first black scout and first black coach in the major leagues, both for the Chicago Cubs.
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Friends and family gathered at a church in Harlem, New York, to remember rapper ODB (Ol&#39;Dirty Bastard) on Wednesday. The 35-year-old collapsed and died at a Manhattan recording studio on Sunday after complaining of chest pains.
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Steve Barber, the first 20-game winner in Baltimore Orioles history, has died.
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Commissioner Bud Selig lamented the death of Buck O'Neil on Saturday, calling the former Negro Leagues star an extraordinary human being.
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com Staff Writer. Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard, a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, collapsed and died Saturday. He was 35. The exact cause of death is not known, but the rapper, born
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Former Dodgers star Clem Labine, whose  relief pitching helped Brooklyn win the 1955 World Series over  crosstown rival Yankees, died Friday at age 80, the National  League club announced from their Vero Beach, Florida, training  camp.
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Nellie Briles, who won two World Series titles during his 14-year career as a major league pitcher, died Sunday, the Pittsburgh Pirates said. He was 61.
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Scottish football was plunged into mourning after Motherwell captain Phil O'Donnell died on Saturday after collapsing during his side's 5-3 win at home to Dundee United.
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A minor league baseball coach died less than an hour after he was hit on the head by a batted ball during a Texas League game, the Tulsa World newspaper reported on Monday.
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Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard, a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, collapsed and died Saturday. He was 35 and, sadly, would have turned 36 today.
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee  - Renowned saxophonist Boots Randolph died on Tuesday (July 3) after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage June 25, according to publicist and family friend Betty Hofer.
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The rap artist O.D.B., who lived a life as wild as his lyrics, collapsed and died inside a recording studio Saturday, his record label said. He was 35.
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Gerald Boyd, a prominent American black journalist and former managing editor of The New York Times who was forced to resign after a young reporter under his leadership was involved in a plagiarism scandal, has died. He was 56.
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Russell Jones, a rap musician better known as ODB and a co-founder of the group Wu-Tang Clan, collapsed and died in a recording studio yesterday at age 35, the Associated Press reported.
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1932 &#151; Brooklyn's Johnny Frederick hit his sixth pinch home run of the season, a major league record, in the ninth inning to spark the Dodgers to a 4-3 triumph over the Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field.
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Joseph Dorsey Jr., a boxer who won a 1957 legal fight against a Louisiana law that banned interracial bouts, has died at the age of 69.
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Rapper ODB, also known as Russell Jones, collapsed and died Saturday in a New York City recording studio at age 35. Police said there was no evidence of foul play and the city medical examiner will determine the cause of death.