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Rogers’s defense lawyer said the economist genuinely considered Lee a fellow academic and close friend, calling his client “book smart” but a “sucker when it comes to a lot of other things.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Eve Babitz — who was a close friend of 93-year-old Deanne Mencher, who still makes the cheesecakes at Dan Tana’s — was known for socializing at the restaurant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
"I still talk to him," Ruben Neves says about Diogo Jota, his close friend and former Porto, Wolves and Portugal team-mate.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Senator from Massachusetts and a close friend of Theodore Roosevelt’s.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
“We have to give him a break,” he said to journalist David Alexander, his close friend.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
