Bring That Week Back: Nov. 9
Magic Johnson's HIV news, Joe Frazier passes, plus more.
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Boxing Legend Joe Frazier Dies - Former heavyweight champion and boxing legend Joe Smokin’ Joe” Frazier, 67, passes away from liver cancer on Nov. 7, only days after his manager announced Frazier was in the final stages of the disease. Frazier famously fought Muhammad Ali three times and won a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics. (Photo: Philadelphia Daily News/MCT/LANDOV)
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Conrad Murray Is Found Guilty - On Nov. 7, a Los Angeles jury found Michael Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the singer’s 2009 death. He faces up to four years in prison and the loss of his medical license when he is sentenced on Nov. 29. (Photo: AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, Pool)
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Heavy D Dies - Rapper Heavy D, born Dwight Arrington Myers, passes away from respiratory failure on Nov. 8. He was 44yearsold. According to reports, Heavy D experienced difficulty breathing as he tried to climb a set of stairs up to his Beverly Hills home. (Photo: Paras Griffin/Landov)
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Louisiana Town Banishes Confederate Flag - After 60 years, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, removed the Confederate flag flying from atop the Caddo Parish courthouse on Nov. 4. The American Civil Liberties Union had argued that the racist banner prevented the death penalty from being administered fairly because it insinuated to white jurors that Black defendants were less-than-equal.(Photo: Mickey Welsh/Bloomberg News)
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Occupy Oakland Protests Turn Violent - After a day of peaceful protests on Nov. 2, in which Occupy Oakland protesters shut down one of the city’s key ports and forced several banks to close early for the day, more than 80 people were arrested in a fiery clash with police that night.(Photo: Stephen Lam/Landov)
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