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Kentucky Derby's most remarkable fan makes 80th straight race - ESPN

ESPN.com·Chuck Culpepper·29 days ago
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Chuck Culpepper May 3, 2026, 12:00 AM ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Something screwy happened lately with the vital signs of an 88-year-old man. He had just spent four months in hospital rooms and rehab floors in quiet agony and ostensible decline. All of a sudden, the blood pressure monitor, so huffy for so long as Bob Weihe's pressure kept nosediving enough to thwart rehab efforts (and pretty much all else), chimed in with a fresh reading. It declared an impossible, impeccable 120/80. "It was weird," says Barbara Weihe, his wife of 68 years and three months and one week. She reckons it had "something to do with getting home" in mid-April for the first time since Christmas morning. She then agrees with her son from across the family room on Friday night that it clearly has something to do with something else.…

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