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There was bleeding in the brain and his physicians operated the following Thursday.  He improved and was moved to Menlo Park Place to recooperate.  There he developed pneumonia and was moved back to Kaiser in Redwood City and placed in intensive care until he passed away.  <\/p>\n<p>An article summarizing Ray Taft&#39;s enormous contributions to Masters swimming was posted on <b>SwimInfo.com<\/b> last Sunday, July 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN MATEO, Calif., Jul 23. 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