Phil Wiggins, a master harmonica player in the Piedmont blues, has died at the age of 69
Phil Wiggins, a blues harmonica virtuoso who embraced the fun-loving Piedmont style and toured the world as part of a duo celebrating a distinctive musical form that was revived in clubs and impromptu jams in the Washington, D.C., area, died May 7 at his home in Takoma Park, Md. He was 69 years old.
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Rick Maki, 1983 Iditarod champion, has died at the age of 71
Rick Maki, the 1983 Iditarod Trail dogsled race champion, died Monday after a 19-month battle with cancer.
James Simons, quantum investing pioneer and philanthropist, has passed away at the age of 86
Billionaire investor James Simons, a Cold War-era mathematician and code breaker who founded one of the world's best-known and most profitable hedge funds, Renaissance Technologies, has died at age 86, his foundation said Friday. Simons' foundation did not give a cause of death. Sixty years ago, Simons - he preferred to be called Jim - changed course from teaching math and working in U.S. intelligence to investing.
Bob Bruggers, Former Gophers player, NFL player and professional wrestler, has died at the age of 80
Bob Bruggers played high school at Danube and was a two-way player for the Gofers before playing professional soccer for six seasons before becoming a wrestler.