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Phyllis George, Trailblazing Sportscaster, Is Dead at 70

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Phyllis George, who achieved one level of fame as Miss America 1971 and another four years later when CBS hired her as a member of the otherwise all-male cast of “The NFL Today,” died on Thursday in Lexington, Ky. She was 70.