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Jim Murray was a spectacular human who suffered some spectacularly horrific luck for a Pulitzer Prize-winning sports columnist. He lost a beloved son to drugs. He lost a beloved wife to brain cancer. He lost all the sight in one eye and much of what was left in the other. Even when he was persuaded to write a brilliant autobiography, he somehow wound up with only a tiny fraction of the money due him. But Murray was blessed, too, even as he blessed us with what many consider the finest sports writing ever. He found a second wife he loved dearly. He became a loving grandfather. Finally, with his death Sunday night, he avoided the fate he dreaded more than anything. “I just hope my eyesight outlives my heart,” Murray said more than once.