October 9, 2015
Jim Shea, winner of the Lee Senior Center sudden death spell-off on Oct. 7 receives a congratulatory kiss from his wife Phyllis. Shea says he won second place in the national spelling bee 67 years ago when he misspelled dulcimer and then fainted.
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Arlington: Shea Wins Spelling Bee 67 Years Later
But this time without fainting.
It was a sudden death spell-off between two contestants who had gone through 43 rounds with no mistakes.
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