Louise Suggs
Aug 6 Louise Suggs, American golfer (US Women's Open 1949, 1952) and co-founder of LPGA, dies at 91
Louise Suggs
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- Aug 22 Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer (great lefty opening batsman), dies at 93
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