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Paramus Catholic Football Player, 20, Girlfriend Dead In Ohio Crash Paramus Catholic Football Player, 20, Girlfriend Dead In Ohio Crash
Paramus Catholic Football Player, 20, Girlfriend Dead In Ohio Crash A North Jersey native and his girlfriend were killed over the weekend in an Ohio crash, authorities said. Richard "Pudge" Turner, Jr. 20, and Laiken Nicole Salyers, 23, were heading eastbound on Dairy Lane near the intersection of South Park Drive in a 2013 Chevrolet Cruze, when the driver lost control on an icy roadway, Ohio State Highway Patrol said. The car failed to negotiate a curve and slid off the left side of the road and overturned on its top into a creek, becoming partially submerged, police said. The crash was reported around 8:30 a.m., Dec. 27 to the Athens Post of the…

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by Cecilia Levine
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First 'Biggest Loser' Female Winner, Poppi Kramer, 46, Remembered Fondly First 'Biggest Loser' Female Winner, Poppi Kramer, 46, Remembered Fondly
First 'Biggest Loser' Female Winner, Poppi Kramer, 46, Remembered Fondly Many knew River Edge native Poppi Kramer as the first female winner of TV's "The Biggest Loser" -- dropping 117 pounds, more than half of what she weighed at the start. What some didn't know was that the comedian and actress died this past month. Kramer, who was 46 when she passed away on July 26, won the $50,000 grand prize in the at-home competition in 2006, the television show's third season. She gained nearly 80% back over the course of the following decade and went on to have bariatric surgery. Kramer graduated from River Dell High School and went on to study acting at Ohio…

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by Cecilia Levine