{
  "id": 12443932,
  "title": "Sam McDowell Passes Away At 84 — Alcohol Ruined Career 60 Years Ago",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/sam-mcdowell-passes-away-at-84-alcohol-ruined-career-60-years-ago",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-06T17:50:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Forbes",
    "slug": "forbes",
    "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckmurr/2026/10/06/sam-mcdowell-passes-away-at-84---alcohol-ruined-career-60-years-ago/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sam McDowell, the hard-throwing, harder drinking left-hander, has passed away at age 84. Counseling hundreds of others following alcohol rehab is his lasting legacy.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}