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Last week I had skin cancer surgery on 5 places on my face and neck, use sunblock. Two days ago marked the 40th Anniversary of the death of Maureen Connolly. Born here in San Diego in 1934 to a family of modest means, Maureen began playing tennis on Municipal Courts and progressed so fast that she won the U.S. Open in 1951 at the age of "16." Before she was "20" Maureen had won 9 Grand Slam Events including those 9 in a row, she won 1 Australian, 2 French, 3 Wimbledon's, and 3 U.S. Open's. She once said that the tennis court was "...a jungle...a dark destiny...and I a lonely fear-stricken hunter..." A Cute Mick-Looking Girl, on July 20, 1954 Maureen was indulging in her life-long love of horses, she was riding when her right leg was crushed by a truck thus ending her Tennis Career. Maureen got on with her life and married Norman Brinker, a member of the U.S. Equestrian Team in 1952, and they had 2 daughters. Unfortunately her happy marriage and life were cut short when Maureen developed stomach cancer. "Little Mo," an American heroine, died on June 21, 1969 at the age of "34."