Former Iowa SID George Wine dies at the age of 81

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — George Wine, a longtime sports information director at Iowa and co-author of an autobiography of Hawkeyes coach Hayden Fry, died Thursday following a heart attack. He was 81.

The university said Wine died at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, two days after undergoing hip replacement surgery.

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