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LeRoy Neiman dies at 91; artist depicted sports in bold strokes
LeRoy Neiman, a wildly successful American artist who was famous for his colorful portraits of athletes in motion and who became an artistic fixture at such major sporting events as the Olympics and the Super Bowl, has died. He was 91.
Neiman, who was...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Satellite and Cable Service, Super Bowl, Central Park, Periodicals
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Monday's Highlights: 'Switched at Birth' on ABC Family
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of June 5 - 11 in PDF format TV listings for the week of June 5 - 11 in PDF format (from latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv) Weekly TV Listings and more can be found...... -
Larry Evans dies at 78; five-time U.S. chess champion and writer
Larry Evans was a rarity in competitive chess — a five-time U.S. champion who wrote widely about the game, including a book once considered the chess players' bible.
A chess grandmaster, he also gained fame for helping Bobby Fischer train for,...Tags: Game Playing, Chess Playing, Bobby Fischer, City University of New York, Clubs and Associations
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PASSINGS: William Coblentz, Bent Larsen, Carlton Coleman, Juan Mari Bras, Hadley Caliman
William Coblentz
Former University of California regent
William Coblentz, 88, an attorney and former University of California regent who fought against South Africa's apartheid policies and upheld the right of communist philosopher Angela Davis to teach...Tags: University of California, Colleges and Universities, Diseases and Illnesses, Justice System, Game Playing
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Chasing the king of chess
Like a lot of kids in the summer of 1972, I was riveted by a strange spectacle unfolding in Iceland: a chess match between Soviet grandmaster Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer, the mercurial young American.
The games weren't televised -- Fischer...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Personal Data Collection, Family, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Social Services
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Bobby Fischer dies at 64; reclusive genius of the chess board
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBobby Fischer, the enigmatic American chess genius who became a Cold War hero with his 1972 defeat of Soviet champion Boris Spassky but fell from grace in later decades when he became a recluse and fugitive known for his hate-filled rants, has died. He...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Abusive Behavior, Social Issues, NPR, Judaism
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Annual Hay Festival is one for the books
The small market town of Hay, nestled on the border between England and Wales, is an unlikely setting for one of the world's biggest book festivals. It has a population of less than 2,000, and the nearest train station is 30 miles away. Yet each year,...Tags: Arthur Miller, Wales, Game Playing, Bobby Fischer, Bill Clinton
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