Word: viveur
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Tex O'Rourke, 77, magnificently mustachioed wit and bon viveur, a onetime Texas Ranger, boxer (his manager: Bat Masterson), fight manager (his tiger: Jess Willard, who kayoed Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson in 1915), and since 1937, "chief executioner of fall guys" for the ego-busting Circus Saints and Sinners; following prostatic surgery; in Manhattan. Of Ike he once said: "The greatest warrior from Kansas since Carry Nation." Of Kennedy: "I thought the new President wasn't likely to make any mistakes-that they were all made. But I underestimated...