{"id":460923,"date":"2006-09-01T13:30:06","date_gmt":"2006-09-01T13:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=70518"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:24:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:24:53","slug":"ed-hugus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/ed-hugus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Hugus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is with deep sadness that I must report to you that Edward James Hugus died on June 29, 2006, one day before his 86th birthday. This column is being written only a few days following his passing, but the constraints of monthly magazine deadlines dictate that you won\u2019t read this until the September edition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ed Hugus was one of the greats of the fifties and sixties, but an unsung hero. This is undoubtedly due to his quiet and unassuming personality. 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