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DIED. Sam Myers, 70, Delta bluesman and master harmonica player whose 1956 single Sleeping in the Ground was later covered by musicians from Robert Cray to Eric Clapton; of throat cancer; in East Dallas, Texas. In 1986, Myers revived his career as front man for Dallas-based Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets, considered among the U.S.'s best blues ensembles and the winner of nine W.C. Handy awards--the blues' Grammys...
...America's new spandexed sweetheart has big wheels to fill - you've won one, now go get six more (and at least a few against the big guns like Basso and Ullrich, when, and if, they can race again). Though Landis's tale doesn't include a return from cancer, his gutsy comeback, while enduring searing hip pain, gives it some Lance-like back-from-the-brink flair. Landis, an Armstrong domestique before a somewhat acrimonious split last year, had a social, not a medical, obstacle to contend with - his conservative Mennonite upbringing in Pennsylvania, where his parents eschewed television...
...photographer whose raw, intimate glimpses of atrocities during the Vietnam War--among them Corpsman in Anguish, a well-known 1967 photo of a Navy corpsman hunched over his friend's dead body--appeared in LIFE, Look and other publications and won her the prestigious George Polk Award; of cancer; in Santa Monica, Calif...
...death of that formidable figure and of Gianni's younger brother Umberto Agnelli, both from cancer within 16 months, created the vacuum that forced Elkann--the eldest child of Gianni Agnelli's daughter Margherita and French-Italian writer Alain Elkann--to step to the fore ahead of schedule. He did so amid a two-year corporate crisis that began in 2002 when weak management damaged brand image and forced a $3.8 billion bank bailout to stave off potential bankruptcy. "If the situation had been different, I might have had more time to ease into the job. But I was forced...
...antioxidant and health-promoting properties. Caffe Sanora is a rich organic coffee that undergoes a special roasting process that retains the antioxidants of the raw green beans. Dr. Lee's 710EGCG Organic Green Tea is the first green-tea product allowed by the U.S. FDA to make limited cancer-fighting claims on its label...