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From: Richard de Give
To: World News Now Discussion LIst ABC's
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 6:33 AM
Subject: (deadpool) See, soccer really will kill you
Yes, I know we're not a scores server, but the deadpool is the deadpool:
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/07/08/2878054/robert-millward-ap-sports-writer.html
Robert Millward: AP sports writer dies at 58
By STEPHEN WILSON
AP Sports Writer
Published: Thursday, Jul. 8, 2010 - 3:35 pm
LONDON -- Robert Millward, a longtime Associated Press sports writer
whose passion for football and love of life endeared him to colleagues and
competitors alike, died Thursday in South Africa. He was 58.
Millward died apparently of natural causes in Johannesburg. He had just
returned from Cape Town, where he covered the Netherlands-Uruguay semifinal in
his seventh World Cup.
He was found in his hotel room, and an emergency medical team was
unable to revive him.
In a well-traveled AP career spanning three decades, Millward, of
Birmingham, England, thrived on big events like the World Cup, the Olympics and
the British Open. He joined the AP in London in 1984, left for a brief period
in the late '80s and returned in 1990.
He recently counted the sports he had chronicled for the AP and came up
with an astonishing total of 52. He had been the AP's chief football writer for
the past several years.
"Robert was a lovely man who truly had a zest for life," Sports Editor
Terry Taylor said. "He had a twinkle in his eye, a sly sense of humor and,
usually, a self-deprecating remark that made him an irresistible magnet for all
of us. We loved his company as much as he loved big assignments, especially the
World Cup. We will miss his good cheer and we are very, very saddened by his
loss."
Millward had a deep and widespread knowledge of all international
sports, including football, cricket, golf, rugby, boxing and horse racing. His
main interest was football and, in particular, his beloved local team, West
Bromwich Albion.
"Robert's sudden death is a blow to all his colleagues and friends at
AP," International Sports Editor Simon Haydon said. "He was a gentleman among
British sports writers, always ready to help and always willing and excited to
cover new stories.
"Robert's enthusiasm was legendary and in South Africa he had been at
his most versatile, filing impressive footballing stories until hours before
his collapse. The Associated Press and sports journalism is a poorer place for
Robert's death."
Millward filed his last story earlier Thursday, a preview of the World
Cup final between Spain and The Netherlands. He wrote that it shaped up as a
"potential classic."
Millward's wife, Pauline, said she was arranging for his body to be
cremated in South Africa and his ashes returned to England. She said she would
like to have them scattered at West Brom's ground, The Hawthorns.
His wife said she spoke with her husband the day before he died.
Millward was due to return home this weekend and then travel to St. Andrews,
Scotland, for the British Open.
"He was very happy, laughing and joking," she said. "He seemed to be
enjoying himself. He was looking forward to coming home."
Before joining AP, Millward worked at the Birmingham Post. He also
worked briefly in Birmingham in the late 1980s as news editor of Caters News,
Britain's oldest independent press agency.
"He was such an affable guy, hail fellow well met," said Chris Johnson,
a former co-owner of Caters. "He was a real genuine guy and a dedicated
professional, somebody who took great joy in doing a job and doing it well and
thoroughly. He never left anything half done."
Though he made a full recovery, Millward suffered serious head injuries
when he was hit by falling scaffolding while walking down a Birmingham street
in the late 1980s.
In addition to World Cups, he covered numerous Olympic Games, both
summer and winter, specializing in weightlifting and Alpine skiing.
As a fan, he avidly followed the fortunes of West Brom, which last won
the topflight English league title in 1919-20 and the FA Cup in 1968. The club,
known as the "Baggies," has bounced back and forth from Premier League
promotion and relegation in recent years.
In the workplace or in the pub, Millward was quick with a quip and told
a good tale.
"Bob was a great friend to many of us, a genial guy who was always
there with a cheery word even to the competition," said Paul Radford, sports
editor of Thomson Reuters news agency. "I knew Bob for more than 20 years and
he was a good friend and companion and someone who enjoyed great respect in the
agency world."
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http://www.sacbee.com/2010/07/08/2878054/robert-millward-ap-sports-writer.html#ixzz0tBSoA9g8
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