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janterry

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3. I saw this online

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Mon May 29, 2017, 04:54 PM

May 2017

and it made me so sad I started fishing around, reading some of his obit. I didn't know about his book -Alex: The Life of a Child - chronicling the life of his young daughter who died of cystic fibrosis when she was only 8.

He was such great storyteller.

Here he is with Obama

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Frank Deford, NPR's Longtime Philosopher Of Sports, Dies At 78 [View all] True Dough May 2017 OP

damn....a great, great writer.... dhill926 May 2017 #1

The Deford test "A society is judged by how it treats its animals and its beaches" underpants May 2017 #2

I saw this online janterry May 2017 #3

i did love him on NPR. and i am not a big sports fan. pansypoo53219 May 2017 #4

RIP lunamagica May 2017 #5

Rest in peace shenmue May 2017 #6

I'd like to thank Frank Deford oswaldactedalone May 2017 #7

Classy guy. RIP Kingofalldems May 2017 #8