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JUSTTHENEWS (Just the News staff) - Tommy John, legendary pitcher for the Yankees, White Sox and Dodgers, dead at 83

John won 288 games over 26 seasons, but his name lives on mostly for a type of surgery he had to repair his left elbow when he tore a ligament during the 1974 season with the Dodgers.

AI:Legendary pitcher Tommy John has died at age 83, leaving behind a massive legacy that spans 26 seasons and 288 career wins across stints with the Yankees, White Sox, and Dodgers. While his on-field performance was elite, he is most famously remembered for the revolutionary elbow surgery performed to repair a torn ligament in 1974, a procedure now known worldwide as Tommy John surgery that revolutionized player longevity in professional baseball.Open

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Sourcehttps://justthenews.com/events/tommy-john-legendary-pitcher-yankees-white-sox-and-dodgers-dead-83
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NYTIMES (Richard Goldstein) - Wally Funk, Who Set an Age Record for Space Travel, Dies at 87

As a young woman in the 1960s, she wasn’t allowed to become a NASA astronaut. She finally realized her long-held dream of flying in space as an octogenarian.

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Sourcehttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/science/space/wally-funk-dead.html
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JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Legendary record producer Clive Davis dies at 94

Over the course of a 50-year career, Davis steered Columbia Records, Arista and J Records to the top of the pop music business.

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Sourcehttps://justthenews.com/nation/culture/legendary-record-producer-clive-davis-dies-94
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WASHINGTONPOST (Glenn Rifkin) - Clive Davis, recording executive and star-maker, dies at 94

At Columbia Records and then Arista, he became one of the most powerful executives in the recording industry.

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Sourcehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2026/06/22/clive-davis-former-head-columbia-records-arista-dies-94/
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HUFFPOST - Legendary TV Director James Burrows Dies At 85

Burrows directed more than a thousand episodes of sitcoms including "Cheers," "Friends," and all 246 episodes of “Will and Grace.”

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Sourcehttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/legendary-tv-director-james-burrows-dies-at-85_n_6a35aa0ce4b0dfdabcee6f8a
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DAILYCALLER (Leena Nasir) - James Burrows, Legendary Director Of Television’s Most Iconic Sitcoms Including ‘Friends,’ ‘Cheers,’ Dead At 85

Burrows received 46 Emmy nominations and won 11

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Sourcehttps://dailycaller.com/2026/06/19/james-burrows-legendary-director-cheers-friends-will-and-grace-emmy-awards-dead-85-obituary/
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