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Former Cat Jim Dinwiddie dies at age 63 of apparent suicide

Jim DinwiddieAttorney and former University of Kentucky basketball player Jim Dinwiddie, 63, was found dead Tuesday morning in an apparent suicide, said Grayson County Coroner Joseph Brad Hudson.  Officers from the Leitchfield Police Department found Dinwiddie dead of a single gunshot wound in his home on the public square in Leitchfield. They had been called to the scene at 10:07 a.m., according to a news release from the police department.

 

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On November 27, 1976, with Adolph Rupp looking on from the stands, UK defeats Wisconsin, 72-64, in the new, 23,000-seat, $53 million Rupp Arena. Rick Robey scores the first goal in Rupp with 19:30 left to play in the first half.

 

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