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Obituary: 1993 Kentucky Derby winner Sea Hero, 29, has died. Until his death he was the longest-lived Kentucky Derby winner. He spent his final years in Turkey, of all places. He died from infirmities of old age, according to reports.
Born in Virginia the son of Polish Navy raced as a homebred for Paul Mellon's Rokeby Stables and for trainer Mack Miller. He broke his maiden in his fourth career start, which kicked off a three-race winning streak that culminated with a 5 3/4-length score in the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes.
Sea Hero wouldn't win again until the Kentucky Derby, seven months and five starts later. Before venturing to Churchill Downs, the colt finished ninth in the G3 Palm Beach Stakes, third in a Gulfstream Park allowance, and fourth in the G2 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland.
Sea Hero left the gate in the Kentucky Derby at odds of 12-1, looking up at favorite Prairie Bayou, whom he finished 2 3/4 lengths behind in the Blue Grass Stakes. After settling mid-pack, a bold move through traffic in the final turn by jockey Jerry Bailey put Sea Hero in position to contend on the rail at the top of the stretch. Together, they took the inside path to blow by leader Personal Hope and outkicked a late cavalry charge by a trio of horses to finish 2 1/2 lengths ahead of Prairie Bayou.
Prairie Bayou got his revenge in the Preakness Stakes, with Sea Hero finishing off the board. Sea Hero was again out of the money behind winner Colonial Affair in the Belmont Stakes, but he righted the ship later in the year to win the G1 Travers Stakes.
Sea Hero was purchased by Turkish interests in 2000 and was retired from stud duty in 2016.
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Another obit: Singer Jerry Lawson, 75, known for his lead singing of the acapella group The Persuasions, has died. He died from a neurological disorder Guillain-Barre syndrome, according to his wife.
Led by Mr. Lawson’s smooth, warm baritone, the Persuasions sang R&B, rock, blues, gospel and pop with no instrumental accompaniment, long after the doo-wop era that their sound evoked and long before the recent “Pitch Perfect” movies brought new attention to a cappella singing.
“Thirty-eight years and we still ain’t got no band, man!” Mr. Lawson said in an interview with The Associated Press in 2000. “That’s the story right there.”
They were very good.
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So much for Alan Dershowitz. It isn't about the message, dude. It is about the age of girls doing it.
Now the rumors have a little more meat. He just hanged himself with that bullshit.
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