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Ex-boxing champ, Deportes analyst Torres dies

Jan. 19, 2009
Former light heavyweight world champion and Olympic silver medalist Jose Chegui Torres, died Monday of a heart attack at his home in Puerto Rico. He was 72 years old.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch