Golf great Byron Nelson dead at 94
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Byron Nelson, golf's elegant "Lord Byron" whose 11 straight tournament victories in 1945 stand as one of sports' most enduring records, died Tuesday. He was 94.
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Byron Nelson won 11 straight tournaments over five months. Tiger Woods took almost that much time off between PGA Tour victories No. 6 and No. 7 in a winning streak that is increasingly difficult to compare.
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Pauline Gore, mother of former Vice President Al Gore and widow of the late U.S. Sen. Albert Gore, Sr., died at her home in Tennessee on Wednesday, a funeral home said. She was 92.
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Jazz star George Melly has died at his home in London at the age of 80, his wife Diana said Thursday.
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Lord Forte, the hotel and catering magnate, has died at his London home, a spokeswoman says.
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George Melly, the larger-than-life jazz star, has died at his home in London at the age of 80, his wife said Thursday.
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Where Byron Nelson ranks all-time in professional golf:
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Jerry Orbach, who walked the beat on NBC's Law & Order   for the last 12 seasons as sardonic Detective Lennie Briscoe, has died   of prostate cancer, his publicist said Wednesday. He was 69.
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Jim Furyk has the reputation of being a rock, so it was strange to see his eyes suddenly glass over with tears and his answers become short and direct. All because he was asked about Byron Nelson.
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Maybe $1 million. Maybe more, given all the time it would take from a prosperous career on the Champions Tour. And Nelson would do it in a second.
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Oscar Peterson, whose speedy fingers, propulsive swing and melodic inventiveness made him one of the world's best known and influential jazz pianists, has died. He was 82.
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Chandler Harper, who won the 1950 PGA Championship and was a major figure in Virginia golf for more than 70 years, died Monday. He was 90.
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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, died on Sunday of kidney failure, CBC Television said. He was 82.
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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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Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman withdrew Thursday from the American Express Championship so he could attend the funeral of Byron Nelson.
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British jazz singer and author George  Melly died on Thursday at the age of 80, his wife Diana said in  a statement.
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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.