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DIED. Hugh Patterson Jr., 91, levelheaded publisher of the now defunct Arkansas Gazette who in 1957 stood against segregation in the face of racist mobs that, in defiance of a 1954 Supreme Court ruling, tried to block black students from matriculating at Little Rock's Central High School; in Little Rock, Ark. The paper suffered circulation and ad- revenue losses exceeding $1 million for its stance on the issue but later won two Pulitzer Prizes for its coverage of the federal-state confrontation...
...DIED. Floyd Patterson, 71, gentle and beloved legend of boxing; after years battling Alzheimer's and prostate cancer; in New Paltz, New York. The undersized high school dropout from Brooklyn, New York, won Olympic gold in 1952. Four years later, at age 21, he knocked out Archie Moore to become the world's youngest heavyweight champ-and the most conflicted. The Hall of Famer, who said he had "no self-esteem" as a kid, was so stung by a 1959 loss to Ingemar Johansson that he left the arena in disguise. Yet when he regained the title from Johansson...
DIED. Floyd Patterson, 71, gentle and beloved legend of boxing; after years battling Alzheimer's and prostate cancer; in New Paltz, N.Y. The undersized high school dropout from Brooklyn, N.Y., won Olympic gold in 1952. Four years later, at age 21, he knocked out Archie Moore to become the world's youngest heavyweight champ--and the most conflicted. The Hall of Famer, who said he had "no self-esteem" as a kid, was so stung by a 1959 loss to Ingemar Johansson that he left the arena in disguise. Yet when he regained the title from Johansson a year later...
...each other high-fives for snatching good snaps of her with their mobile phones. Charles Anderson, who had suffered a mild stroke, said the Queen "is very warm, very easy to talk to. Helluva job she's got. I wouldn't want it." She stopped to chat with Linda Patterson, whose arm was in a cast after breaking her thumb. "I think I'm going to cry, I'm so excited!" Patterson said a few seconds later...
...easy, nor is it easy to put down, but it isn't quite art either. The fact is, Patterson is an affront to every Romantic myth of the artist we have. He's not tortured. He's not poor. He doesn't work alone, and he's way too unsentimental about his work. Of The 5th Horseman, he shrugs, saying, "I don't think it's terribly worth reading, honestly. I think it's fine for that kind of series." But maybe it's time to let go of a few Romantic myths. There's something to be said...