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But in it all, we\u2019ve had to say goodbye to too many great people. \u00a0I just saw that Craig Sager passed away<\/a>\u00a0from his long battle with leukemia. \u00a0 That\u2019s one more in a list too long. \u00a0David Bowie, Gene Wilder, Muhammad Ali, even the great Alan Rickman, and no doubt many others I\u2019ve never heard of but who meant the world to somebody. \u00a0I\u2019m so ready for this year to be done; this year that has taken away too many who seemed to have much more to give. \u00a0Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light\u00a0shine upon them.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"