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Show Transcript Yeah. Ashley tappin Dawson s life has been defined by water A swimming prodigy in 1988 at 13 years old, she was the youngest swimmer ever to compete at the US. Olympic trials 1992. She made team U. S. A. And won gold in Barcelona 92 as a puppy. I was 17. I was like, you know, deer in headlights, everything was amazing, it was The whole Olympic experience, you re looking at it, you know, with these huge eyes and everything is great. But by 2000 after an all American career at the University of Arizona and more international gold medals, shoulder injuries made competing in the Sydney Olympics more difficult, but she pushed herself to do it. It s like that feeling of okay, I m going to regret So if I don t go one more
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Marilyn Barnett, New Orleans public relations maven, dies at 97
Barnett perfected public relations at several hotels, including the Royal Orleans, Fairmont & Hilton. She was also a pioneering sports journalist and tennis star. Author: Dominic Massa / WWL-TV Updated: 4:34 PM CST January 17, 2021
NEW ORLEANS Marilyn Barnett, who perfected the art of public relations for nearly four decades at the Royal Orleans, Roosevelt and Hilton hotels, where she developed friendships with movie stars, famous authors and symphony conductors, died Sunday. She was 97.
Ms. Barnett, known to colleagues and friends as “MB,” rose to become one of the local public relations industry’s most talented practitioners. She was described in a 2005 Times-Picayune article as a “one-woman media conglomerate.”