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- DIED. Charlie Wilson, fiftyish, a member of the gang that
- staged the Aug. 8, 1963, British Great Train Robbery; after
- being shot by an unknown assailant; in Marbella, Spain. Wilson
- was part of the group that robbed a Royal Mail train traveling
- from Glasgow to London of (pounds) 2.6 million, then worth more
- than $7.3 million. Wilson was convicted and sentenced to 30
- years in prison but was paroled in 1978.
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