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...DIED. JOHNNY LONGDEN, 96, Hall of Fame jockey who rode 6,032 winners over four decades; in Banning, Calif. He rode Count Fleet, a somewhat wild horse that Longden persuaded the owner not to sell, to a celebrated Triple Crown sweep in 1943, and won more races than any other jockey until Bill Shoemaker broke his record...
...hotel." Mapfumo and Mtukudzi did more than sing. "There was always a message to the music," says Tavengwa. "They were singing for all Zimbabwe and rallying people together." In 1977, Mtukudzi joined the Wagon Wheels, a popular band that also featured Mapfumo. But both soon broke away to find fame on their own. Mapfumo was always the more militant. His song Hokoya (Watch Out!) got him sent to jail for three months in 1977, and Pamuromo Chete ("It's Just Talking," 1978), an upbeat reply to Smith's vow that Africans would never rule, got blacks to join the independence...
...something is unsettling Leah Hudson's stomach, and it's not just the wine. "I hate that we've been sucked into the Hoover vac of reality TV," says Hudson, 30. "Do we not have anything better to do than to live vicariously through a bunch of 15-minute-fame seekers...
...head, her body lying in a pool of blood in his castle's foyer, a cavernous, wood-paneled, red-carpeted hallway with two suits of medieval armor standing sentry. Spector's driver called the police, who arrived in minutes. The producer's attorney, Robert Shapiro, of O.J. Simpson fame, declined to comment on the case. Charged with murder, Spector was released on $1 million bail...
...Dryden is still revered at Cornell for taking the Big Red to three consecutive Final Fours (1967-1969), winning the ’67 title and going on to win six Stanley Cups in the NHL—feats that earned him a place in the Hockey Hall of Fame...