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DIED. SEATTLE SLEW, 28, champion racehorse and the last surviving one to win the Triple Crown; 25 years to the day after his 1977 victory at the Kentucky Derby, which was followed that year by dramatic wins in the Preakness and Belmont Stakes; in his sleep; near Lexington, Ky. The noble Thoroughbred won 14 of 17 starts, made $1,208,726 and sired more than 100 stakes winners...
...socialist society. DIED. YEVGENY SVETLANOV, 73, Russian conductor who led Russia's State Symphony Orchestra for more than three decades; in Moscow. Svetlanov appeared as a guest for various orchestras around the world, finally getting fired from the symphony for spending too much time conducting abroad. DIED. SEATTLE SLEW, 28, the only living winner of the Triple Crown, of old age; in Lexington, Kentucky. Considered the last of the superhorses, Slew won more than a million dollars during his racing career and fathered 99 stakes winners that have earned their owners $75 million in prize money. DIED. YVES ROBERT...
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