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From Powerball winner to scandal: Jack Whittaker dies at 72

by Associated Press
| June 30, 2020 10:27 AM

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Andrew “Jack” Whittaker Jr., whose life became rife with setbacks and tragedy after winning a record $315 million Powerball jackpot on Christmas night in 2002, has died. He was 72.

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