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Matrimony news: In Kissimmee, Florida, in August, Ronald Legendre married his girlfriend, Hope. The best man was unrelated but also named Ronald Legendre, and the judge was yet another unrelated Ronald Legendre. And applying for a marriage license in Allen County, Kentucky, in October were Brandy Joy Lambert, 18, and Bee Jay Bigmeat, 21.
In August Russell Lawrence Lee, 64, an African-American man who said he wanted to defuse the racial tension in America after Detective Mark Fuhrman’s trial testimony, filed papers in Ventura County, California, to change his name to Mister Radical Aidid Supernigger.
Belgian cardiologist Pedro Brugada won an amateur golf tournament in Brussels in June despite suffering a heart attack during the final round. He was revived on the course by an opponent physician, rushed to the hospital, and released after about 90 minutes to go back to the course.
In the last regular-season game for the University of Virginia’s football team the score was tied when a Virginia Tech player intercepted a pass and ran to the end zone, giving Tech a 36-29 win. As the player ran past the opponent’s bench, Joe Gieck, the team trainer and a member of the trainers’ hall of fame, stuck his leg onto the field without making contact. Gieck said he only meant to distract the player, not trip him.
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): illustration/Shawn Belschwender.
