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Athens Santa makes a Christmas comeback after pancreatic cancer diagnosis

Jonathan Byrd gets stopped a lot by stranger and told he looks like Santa Claus. So, nearly 20 years ago, the Watkinsville, Georgia, retired plumber and construction company safety manager decided to step into the role of Santa Claus. It was a job he loved, until a 2021 cancer diagnosis forced the 65-year-old to step back from playing Santa.
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Athens native, Georgia author Terry Kay remembered

Terry Kay, a Georgia author whose novels line bookshelves in homes and libraries, died in his Athens home Dec. 12, ending a path Kay knew was imminent in October when doctors told him he had only weeks to live. Kay, 82, succumbed to aggressive stage 4 liver cancer, but inย those intervening weeks he was able to have in-home visits with his family members and friends and read the many comforting comments people left on social media. The author, who began his career as a novelist in 1976 with โ€œ...
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