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草榴社区 Hall of Famer, who broke golf鈥檚 color barrier and won U.S. amateur title, dies

Western Washington University Hall of Fame inductee William 鈥淏ill鈥 Wright, who was the first Black man to win a major U.S. golf tournament, died Friday in Los Angeles at 84, .

 conducted by the United States Golf Association, when he captured the . Wright was 23 and a senior at Western at the time of the win.

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