Buddy LeRoux, 77, Boston Sports Fixture, Is Dead
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Edward LeRoux was a former trainer for the Boston Red Sox who rose to become a controversial part owner of the team while amassing a fortune in real estate.
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Rolland Mays Stiles, the oldest living former Major League Baseball player, died on Sunday at the age of 100 in a nursing home in St Louis, the Post-Dispatch newspaper reported on Monday.
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ST. LOUIS -- Former St. Louis Brown Rollie Stiles, believed to be the oldest former major leaguer, has died. He was 100.
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MONTREAL -- Frank Cotroni, a reputed crime boss who rose to prominence during Montreal&#39;s Mafia heyday of the 1950s, &#39;60s and &#39;70s, reportedly died yesterday although authorities wouldn&#39;t confirm it. He was 72. Cotroni and his brothers Vic and Pepe were ...
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Bill Nicholson, who coached Tottenham in its glory days of the 1960s and 1970s, died Saturday after a long illness. He was 85. Nicholson's death at a hospital in Hertfordshire, outside London, was announced on Tottenham's Web site on behalf of his family.
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HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (Sports Network) - NFL great Reggie  White died Sunday morning of a massive heart attack. He was 43.
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William Wirtz, owner of the Chicago Blackhawks and president of the National Hockey League (NHL) team for more than four decades, died on Wednesday at the age of 77, the club announced.
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Four months after the death of team patriarch Red Auerbach, Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Danny Ainge reunited in grief Friday to say goodbye to former Boston Celtics teammate Dennis Johnson.
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Bob Dwyer, a basketball coach who guided the Carroll High boys' basketball to a legendary winning streak, died Tuesday night of congestive heart failure. He was 91.
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Ted Stepien, the former owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers whose propensity for trading away draft picks resulted in an NBA rule change, died yesterday at his home in Willoughby Hills. He was 82.
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Only yesterday, Johnny Pesky was eating breakfast at his regular spot on the North Shore when someone else reminded him of a moment that has stayed with him for 58 years. The 85-year-old Pesky was getting ready to ride to Fenway Park, where the Red Sox held their final workout before they open the 100th World Series tonight against the ...
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A college student died on Thursday after  being injured along with at least 15 other people in violence  that erupted after the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees  to advance to the World Series.
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For Guitarist Steve Cropper, the day the music died was not February 3, 1959, when Buddy Holly died. It was an icy Dec 10, 1967, when the plane carrying a 26-year-old Otis Redding went down in a Wisconsin lake.
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Brad Delp, the lead singer for the band Boston, was found dead Friday in his home in southern New Hampshire. He was 55. Atkinson police responded to a call for help at 1:20 p.m. and found Delp dead. Police Lt. William Baldwin said in a statement the death was "untimely" and that there was no indication of foul play.
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Former National League Most Valuable Player Ken Caminiti died of a heart attack at age 41 in New York, the New York Times reported Monday.
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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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EDMONTON - This NHL season died from neglect ages ago and on Tuesday it became obvious. Two wrongs make for last rites. The NHL and its players have accomplished nothing through 90 days of this lockout other