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For nearly 50 years, only Black men caddied The Masters. One day, they all but vanished | CNN

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[ad_1] CNN  —  History never forgets a champion. When you win one of sport’s biggest titles, you become immortal. Win multiple times and your legacy is even greater. To think of The Masters is to think of Jack Nicklaus, the most successful champion in the major’s history with six wins, and Arnold Palmer, who donned the winner’s green jacket four times in just six years at Augusta National. And yet for decades, two former champions with a combined nine wins lay buried in unmarked graves. Willie Peterson caddied Nicklaus’ first five victories, while Nathaniel “Iron Man” Avery was on the bag for all four of Palmer’s triumphs. Avery’s headstone was only installed at Augusta’s Southview Cemetery, in Georgia, in 2017, 32 years after his death. Three years later, a 10-minute drive away at Cedar Grove Cemetery, Peterson – who died in 1999 – received his. They were just t

Nine suffocate to death in Uganda New Year's firework crush | CNN

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[ad_1] Reuters  —  At least nine people, including a 10-year-old boy, suffocated to death as crowds rushing to see a New Year’s firework display got stuck in a narrow corridor in a shopping mall near Uganda’s capital, police said. People started pushing through a passage in the Freedom City Mall just after clocks struck midnight, the force said. “Very many people got stuck as they were entering in large numbers to see fireworks. In doing so, many people suffocated to death. So far nine people are confirmed dead,” the police statement read. People had been celebrating the New Year at the mall which is on a highway linking Kampala to Entebbe airport. [ad_2] Source link https://worldnews2023.com/world-news/nine-suffocate-to-death-in-uganda-new-years-firework-crush-cnn/?feed_id=237499&_unique_id=65a3f85594332

Rising MMA star Victoria Lee dies at 18 | CNN

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[ad_1] CNN  —  Victoria Lee, one of the brightest new stars in mixed martial arts ( MMA ), has died at the age of 18, her sister confirmed. “She has gone too soon and our family has been completely devastated since then,” her sister Angela said in an Instagram post Saturday. “We miss her. More than anything in this world. Our family will never be the same. Life will never be the same.” Lee was born and raised in Hawaii and had started rising through the ranks of the sport. She won three fights in her short career, most recently in September 2021 against Victoria Souza. She put fighting on the back burner last year as she focused on graduating from high school. In her Instagram post, Angela said her sister had died on December 26 but did not say how. “We miss you so much sis. More than you could ever realize. We’re all broke