{"id":172,"date":"2010-06-06T01:23:14","date_gmt":"2010-06-06T06:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gutcheckamerica.com\/?p=172"},"modified":"2010-06-06T01:23:14","modified_gmt":"2010-06-06T06:23:14","slug":"iconic-sports-figure-john-wooden-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gutcheckamerica.com\/?p=172","title":{"rendered":"Iconic Sports Figure John Wooden Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"dropcap-first\">\n<div class=\"zemanta-img\" style=\"margin: 1em; display: block;\">\n<div>\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignright\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/86364925@N00\/4607386131\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1139\/4607386131_4b7a31695b_m.jpg\" alt=\"HIP_295245404.890808\" title=\"HIP_295245404.890808\"><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution\" style=\"font-size: 0.8em;\">Image by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/86364925@N00\/4607386131\">Brock N. Meeks<\/a> via Flickr<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Wooden\" title=\"John Wooden\" rel=\"wikipedia\">John Wooden<\/a>, the UCLA basketball coach who became an icon of American sports while guiding the <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/uclabruins.cstv.com\/sports\/m-baskbl\/ucla-m-baskbl-body.html\" title=\"UCLA Bruins men's basketball\" rel=\"homepage\">Bruins<\/a> to an unprecedented 10 national championships in the 1960s and \u201970s and remained in the spotlight during retirement with his \u201cPyramid of Success\u201d motivational program, has died. He was 99.<\/p>\n<p>Wooden died Friday evening of natural causes at the <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=34.0663888889,-118.446111111&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=34.0663888889,-118.446111111%20%28Ronald%20Reagan%20UCLA%20Medical%20Center%29&amp;t=h\" title=\"Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center\" rel=\"geolocation\">Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center<\/a>, the university announced. 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