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Former LSU Tigers Baseball Player Newton Thomas Passes Away at Age 81

Former LSU Tigers Baseball Player Newton Thomas Passes Away at Age 81

BATON ROUGE, La. — Former LSU baseball player Newton Thomas, who founded one of the largest privately-owned specialty industrial construction companies in the United States, passed away on Saturday at the age of 81.

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