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                    [ArticleID] => 540655
                    [Title] => Last year's goodbyes
                    [Summary] => 

There were several sports figures who passed away last year. This list is to honor their memory.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 491532 [Title] => Brazil police rule Gatti's death suicide [Summary] =>

RIO DE JANEIRO (

AP

) -- Boxer Arturo Gatti’s death was ruled a suicide by police Thursday and his wife, once suspected of killing the former champion, was released from jail.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-31 13:55:10 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 490263 [Title] => Police: Ex-boxing champion Forrest killed in US [Summary] =>

ATLANTA (AP) -- Vernon Forrest, a former two-division champion who gained stardom when he became the first boxer to defeat Shane Mosley, was shot to death in what police are calling an attempted robbery.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-27 09:07:56 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 488147 [Title] => Gatti family, friends gather for wake [Summary] =>

MONTREAL (AP) -- Arturo Gatti's closed coffin rested Sunday under one of his championship belts, a pair of white boxing gloves and a massive wreath spelling out his nickname — "Thunder" — in red flowers.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-20 09:37:38 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 486952 [Title] => Gatti wife to AP: I'm innocent, will be proven [Summary] => RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Arturo Gatti's wife, accused of strangling the champion boxer with her purse strap, proclaims her innocence and love for her dead husband in a letter given to The Associated Press on Wednesday. [DatePublished] => 2009-07-16 09:36:49 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 486673 [Title] => New Jersey locals fondly recall Arturo Gatti [Summary] => JERSEY CITY (AP) -- Boxing trainer Mike Skowronski honed his skills beside Arturo Gatti at Jersey City's Ringside Gym and said the former champ's longtime friends never liked Gatti's wife — who is suspected of strangling him. [DatePublished] => 2009-07-15 10:52:03 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 486666 [Title] => Gatti death: Lawyer asks for release of wife [Summary] => RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The Brazilian wife of Arturo Gatti asked to be released from jail, where she is held on accusations she strangled the former boxing champion with her purse strap as he drunkenly slept. [DatePublished] => 2009-07-15 09:36:24 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 486320 [Title] => Wife accused in ex-champ Gatti's death [Summary] =>

Brazilian authorities detained the wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti and formally accused her Sunday of killing him at an upmarket seaside tourist resort in Brazil.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 486054 [Title] => Police accuse wife in death of boxing champ Gatti [Summary] => SAO PAULO (AP) -- Brazilian authorities detained the wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti and formally accused her Sunday of killing him at an upmarket seaside tourist resort in Brazil. [DatePublished] => 2009-07-13 09:52:32 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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