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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, November 22, 1994                   TAG: 9411220118
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: FROM WIRE REPORTS
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THE PEOPLE COLUMN

David Crosby remained in critical condition Monday after a transplant to replace his drug-ravaged liver.

``The transplanted liver is functioning very well right now. Mr. Crosby is off the ventilator and talking,'' said Dr. Ronald W. Busuttil, leader of the transplant team.

The 53-year-old member of the rock group Crosby, Stills and Nash received the new organ Sunday at University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center.

\ |It's all over - including the shouting - between Tom Arnold and Roseanne. Arnold said Monday he will marry his girlfriend, 21-year-old Detroit college student Julie Champnella, next summer. His divorce from Roseanne will be final this week.

Last week, Roseanne said she would marry her bodyguard Ben Thomas.

Arnold, 35, and Champnella plan a July 22 wedding in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

``I feel very blessed that Julie has come into my life,'' Arnold said.

\ Babe Ruth's old contract turns out to be worth the paper it was printed on - and then some.

A Boston Red Sox contract signing Ruth up for the 1916 and 1917 seasons at $3,500 a year was auctioned off for $29,700. Ruth was a pitcher at the time, and 1916 was the first year he appeared in the World Series.



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