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Canadian figure skater Barbara Ann Scott dies at 82

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Posted: Sep 30, 2012 11:27 PM ET

Last Updated: Sep 30, 2012 11:29 PM ET

Barbara Ann Scott 1948 Olympic Fiqure Skating Champion stands in front of a photograph of herself taken during her 1948 Olympic gold medal celebration at a ribbon cutting ceremony for a building named after her in Ottawa, Wednesday May 23, 2007. (Fred Chartrand/Canadian Press)

Former Olympic figure skating champion Barbara Ann Scott has died at age 84.

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