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► People in the news
Gumbel stays out
of Today’s decision
NEW YORK (AP) — Bryant Gumbel
says he’s staying out of the decision
of who will replace him on the Today
show. In case anyone’s wondering,
he’s a “big sup-
porter” of Matt
Lauer, the show’s
news anchor.
“We are really
best friends,” he
told the Daily
News. “We go to
lunch together.
We go on golfing
trips together.
We golf here to
gether. We talk
in the evenings on the phone. We
talk on computer by day. We’re
very, very close.”
Gumbel is leaving the NBC
morning show in January after
15 years and has “stayed out of
the process” to find a new co
host for Katie Couric, he said.
“It’s not my playground.”
Gumbel, who makes $2.5 mil
lion a year, is the longest-running
host in the show’s 45-year history.
He is considering offers from NBC,
CBS, ABC, CNN and Fox, plus inde
pendent syndicators.
Day-Lewis manages
to hide wedding
Gumbel
STRAFFORD, Vt. (AP) — Famous
groom, famous in-laws, famous
minister, famous guests and still
Daniel Day-Lewis managed to keep
his wedding a secret.
The Oscar-winning actor married
Rebecca Miller, the 34-year-old
daughter of playwright Arthur
Miller, in a small ceremony last
week at the Strafford United
Church of Christ.
The Rev. William Sloan Coffin, a
friend of Arthur Miller’s since their
days as Vietnam War protesters,
officiated. The 18 guests included
Day-Lewis’ mother, widow of the
Irish poet Cecil Day-Lewis, and the
Irish bagpiper Ronan Browne.
On the bride’s side were Miller
and his wife, photographer Inge-
bor Morath.
The couple met when Day-Lewis,
38, visited Arthur Miller while
preparing for the filming of The Cru
cible, based on Miller’s play.
“Lightning seemed to strike
them rather rapidly,” Coffin said.
They appear to have consulted
the John Kennedy Jr. book of wed
ding advice: The party was so se
cret that a house cleaner for the
Coffins didn’t even tell her hus
band, a reporter for a weekly news
paper in nearby Randolph.
► State
Boy’s
death remains
under investigation
DALLAS (AP) — The death of a
12-year-old Garland boy who col
lapsed during basketball practice
at Dallas Christian School remains
under investigation pending further
testing, officials said Tuesday.
Aaryn Blackwell died less than
an hour after complaining of chest
pains and collapsing during bas
ketball practice before a gymnasi
um filled with teammates, school
officials said.
“It’s a total shock,” said athletic
director Larry Crooks. “They’re (the
coaches) in pretty bad shape.”
Officials canceled two basket
ball games scheduled for Monday
night and prayers were said.
Crooks said.
An autopsy was performed Tues
day, but an exact cause of Black
well’s death was pending toxicology
and microscopic tests, an official
with the Dallas County medical ex
aminer’s office said. Results weren’t
expected for about two months.
According to Dallas County
Commissioner John Wiley Price, a
family friend, doctors said the
youth’s asthma may have con
tributed to his death.
The boy took medication for his
asthma and it seemed to be under
control, said Price, who was with
Pamela Blackwell at Mesquite
Community Hospital when her son
died. The boy’s father, Aloise
Blackwell, lives in Houston.
“He was active in all sports,”
Price said. “He was a great kid. He
never complained.”
The boy was happy about being
selected to play on the seventh-
grade team. Luster said.
“He’d played sports before, and
they thought they had it(;
under control,” Luster sa:
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This day in history
(AP) — Today is Wednesday, Nov. 20, the 325th
day of 1996. There are 41 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1620, Peregrine White was born aboard the
“Mayflower" in Massachusetts Bay — the first child
born of English parents in present-day New England.
In 1789, New Jersey became the first state to rati
fy the Bill of Rights.
In 1910, revolution broke out in Mexico, led by
Francisco I. Madero.
In 1925, Robert F. Kennedy was born in Brook
line, Mass.
In 1929, the radio program “The Rise of the Gold
bergs” debuted on the NBC Blue Network.
In 1945, 24 Nazi leaders went on trial before an in
ternational war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.
In 1947, Britain’s future queen, Princess Elizabeth,
married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh.
In 1967, the Census Clock at the Commerce De
partment ticked past 200 million.
In 1969, the Nixon administration announced a
halt to residential use of the pesticide DDT as part
of a total phaseout.
Ten years ago: The director of the World Health Orga
nization, Dr. Halfdan Maher, announced the first coordi
nated global effort to combat the deadly disease AIDS.
One year ago: Olympic figure skating champion
Sergei Grinkov died of a heart attack in Lake Placid, N.Y
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is 57. Actress Veronica Hamel is 53. Singer Joe
Walsh is 49. Actress Bo Derek is 40. Reggae musi
cian Jim Brown (UB40) is 39. Actress Sean Young is
37. Rapper Mike D (The Beastie Boys) is 31. Rapper
Sen Dog (Cypress Hill) is 31.
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Partly sunny and
unseasonably warm.
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night fog. Light and
variable winds.
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in the afternoon.
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