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DIED. ANN CALVELLO, 76, fiery Roller Derby Queen and a reigning icon of the American sport cum spectacle since the 1940s; in Burlingame, Calif. Cast as a villain who relished boos from the crowd, she reached her zenith in the '60s as a star of San Francisco's famed Bay City Bombers. With purple, green and polka-dot hair, tattoos and a flair for elbow-throwing, the Meanest Mama on Skates endured 12 broken noses and numerous cracked ribs competing over seven decades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Mar. 27, 2006 | 3/19/2006 | See Source »

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