Boston Marathon legend Johnny Kelley dies
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Johnny Kelley won the Boston Marathon twice - a heroic feat by any measure. But it was his staggering achievement of finishing the race a record 58 times for which Kelley will forever be known as an &quot;icon for all of running.
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Ken Caminiti, whose brilliance as a baseball player often hid a troubled off-the-field life, died yesterday of a heart attack in New York City.
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Gunder Hagg, who set the mile world record in 1945 and held it until Roger Bannister broke the four-minute barrier, died at 85 after a long illness.
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The Philippine film legend who came close to defeating Gloria Arroyo in the presidential race in May died early today after suffering a stroke.
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Japan's Mizuki Nogushi won the first  Olympic marathon raced from the historic site in 108 years on  Sunday, but for Britain the race turned into heartbreak as its  top runner quit in tears.
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A Kenyan marathon runner was fatally shot with an arrow, the second international athlete to die as Kenya struggles with postelection chaos, a sports official and a fellow athlete said Tuesday.
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Soon after Johnny Carson's death last weekend, NBC announced the 79-year-old entertainer had died of emphysema, a respiratory disease that can be attributed to smoking.
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Japan&#39;s Mizuki Nogushi won the first Olympic marathon raced from the historic site in 108 years on Sunday, but for Britain the race turned into heartbreak as its top runner quit in tears.
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Johnny Carson, legendary host of The Tonight Show, passed away peacefully this morning with his family by his side.  NBC said Carson died of emphysema at his Malibu home.
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Television entertainer Johnny Carson  has died of emphysema at age 79, the NBC television network  reported on its Web site Sunday.
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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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Former Major  League baseball player Jose Uribe died on Friday in a car  accident in his native Dominican Republic, authorities said.
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One-time National League Most Valuable Player and Bay Area native Ken Caminiti is dead. Caminiti&#39;s agent says the former Houston Astros and Texas Rangers third baseman died of a heart attack in the Bronx.
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Fred Hale Sr., documented as the world&#39;s oldest man and noted Boston Red Sox fan, has died. He was 113 years old. Hale died in his sleep Friday at The Nottingham in suburban Syracuse, while trying to recover
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Hank Bauer, the tough ex-Marine who set a World Series record with a 17-game hitting streak for the New York Yankees and later managed the Baltimore Orioles to the 1966 title, died Friday. He was 84. Bauer died in the Kansas City area, where he made his home, Yankees spokesman Jason Zillo said.
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Race car driver Tommy Baldwin was killed in a crash at Thompson International Speedway during a Featherlite modified race.
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Here lies the Curse of the Bambino, born Dec. 26, 1919, the day Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees, and died Oct. 27, 2004, the day a group of wild-haired, self-styled Idiots completed