This 1982 photo provided by the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation shows Ruth Ziolkowski and her husband Korczak Ziolkowski, before the Crazy Horse Memorial mountain carving in Custer, S.D. Ruth Ziolkowski, the widow of the sculptor of the Crazy Horse Memorial, died Wednesday May 21, 2014 at age 87 according to a spokesman. Ruth took over the dream of her husband, upon his death in 1982 and turned it into a multimillion-dollar operation that draws more than a million visitors a year. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation, Pat Dobbs)
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Ovi scores goal 890, Caps lose to Sabres 8-5
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