Tag: legend
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Luis Tiant, Cuban legend who pitched the Red Sox to the World Series brink, dies at 83
BOSTON — Luis Tiant, the charismatic Cuban with a horseshoe mustache and mesmerizing windup who pitched the Red Sox to the brink of a World Series championship and himself to the doorstep of the Hall of Fame, has died. He was 83. Major League Baseball announced his death in a post on X on Tuesday, and the…
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Maggie Smith, acting legend of ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Downton Abbey’ fame, dies at 89
Maggie Smith, the two-time Oscar-winning actor best known for playing the stern Professor McGonagall in the “Harry Potter” movie franchise and the tart-tongued Dowager Countess on “Downton Abbey,” has died, her publicist told The Associated Press. She was 89. Smith, who started her professional acting career in the 1950s, won Academy Awards for her performances…