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Lake Central junior balances playing in Northwest Indiana Orchestra, leading tennis team
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Joan Didion, peerless prose stylist, dies at 87
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Johnny Bench with David Letterman 1983, By The Big Red Machine
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Ben Dreith, the longtime NFL referee widely known to common fans, dies at 96 – Football Zebras
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Who Does Comedy Central Turn to Now? And Five Other Questions About Colbert's Departure
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Remains found in 1982 ID'd as those of former O'Jays guitarist
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HOU@CIN: Bench hits a game-tying homer on his night
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Max Cleland, ex-senator and veteran who lost limbs in Vietnam, dies at 79
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Johnny Bench - Cheating Death, Becoming the Greatest of All Time 💀
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