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| | Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Obituaries / Rodger Ward, at 83; won Indianapolis 500 in '59, '62 |
 | | Ward won the 500 in 1959 and 1962 and, during a six-year stretch starting in 1959, had the finest record of anyone in Indianapolis Motor Speedway history. |
 | | LOS ANGELES -- Rodger Ward, the oldest living winner of the Indianapolis 500 and one of its most revered champions, died Monday at a hospice in Anaheim, Calif., at age 83, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced. |
 | | After his victory in '59, he finished second in 1960, third in 1961, first in 1962, fourth in 1963, and second in 1964. |
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