Robert Denham, Lawyer Who Steered Companies Through Crises, Dies at 79
Among his rescues was teaming up with Warren Buffett to keep the investment bank Salomon Brothers afloat amid a bid-rigging scandal in the 1990s.
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George Foreman, boxing legend who fought Muhammad Ali in the 'Rumble in the Jungle,' dies at 76
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