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Gordie Howe, NHL legend, makes gritty fight back from stroke

The Associated Press

Updated:   04/14/2015 11:29:33 AM MDT

In this March 1, 2013, file photo, Hall of Fame hockey player Gordie Howe, center, is joined by, from left, Marcel Dionne, Johnny Bower, Canadian singer Michael Buble and Jim Robson during an 85th birthday ceremony for Howe before the Vancouver Giants and Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia. An experimental stem cell treatment in Mexico late last year brought a life changing turnaround that s put the 87-year-old back Howe back on his feet after a significant stroke robbed him of the ability to walk and talk normally.