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  • Longtime L.A. transit worker dies just weeks after retiring at 100 - Mr. Reliable

    04/14/2006 7:06:00 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 6 replies · 193+ views
    ap on San Diego Union - Tribune ^ | 4/14/06 | AP - Los Angeles
    LOS ANGELES – Less than a month after retiring on his 100th birthday, longtime county transit employee Arthur Winston died in his sleep, his family said Friday. The man co-workers celebrated as Mr. Reliable had recently been admitted to a hospital for exhaustion and dehydration, but returned to his home April 6. He died Thursday evening. To his former colleagues at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Winston was more than a model employee known for his energy, punctuality and, of course, longevity. He was a legend. Winston missed one day of work in over 70 years, and that was to attend...