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He also had shown signs of heart problems over the past few months.<\/p>\n<p>Muter has made it into the pages of <i>Swimming World Magazine<\/i>, most recently in an October 2005 feature &quot;Winning at Any Age.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Winning means exactly the same to me now as when I was younger,&quot; Muter said in that article. &quot;It&#39;s about preparation and participation. If you&#39;ve done the work and prepared yourself as best you can under your particular life situation, you&#39;re a winner. If you can still put on a suit and swim, you have won.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>A former marine, Muter received a Silver Star for bravery in combat in 1968 as a member of the Delta Company 3rd Recon Battalion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN DIEGO, California, March 1. 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