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One of the Saddest Stories You’ll Ever Read

Your bucket list should never include kicking the bucket. An 87-year-old World War II Navy vet was being honored for his generous blood donations out at Texas Motor Speedway over the weekend when an accident on the track resulted in his death. Don Krusemark was a passenger in a corvette...
By Richie WhittMay 18, 2010
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Your bucket list should never include kicking the bucket.

An 87-year-old World War II Navy vet was being honored for his generous blood donations out at Texas Motor Speedway over the weekend when an accident on the track resulted in his death.

Don Krusemark was a passenger in a corvette — part of the Texas Driving Experience — at TMS when the professional driver apparently lost control of the high-speed car and crashed into the wall, killing him.

I know I’m a snarky smart-ass most of the time. But this is a terrible, tragic story.

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Richie Whitt

Richie Whitt has been a columnist, reporter, broadcaster and blogger covering Dallas’ sports scene for more than 40 years. He wrote the Observer‘s sports column 2005-2011 and has reported sports on TV, radio and online. You can read his latest work a <a href=”https://www.si.com/nfl/bears/author/richie-whitt”>SI.com.

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