Curtis Strange and John Daly caddie dies on 54th birthday

Greg Rita, the caddie for Curtis Strange when he won successive United States Open titles and for John Daly when he won the Open at St Andrews, has died of brain cancer.
Rita's wife, Kelley, said he died on Saturday on his 54th birthday at McGraw Hospice Center.
Rita caddied over four decades on the US PGA Tour for players that included Gil Morgan, Scott Hoch, David Duval and Mark O'Meara.
Rita made his mark working for Strange in the 1980s when he won the US Open in 1988 and 1989, making Strange the first repeat winner in nearly 40 years. He also was on the bag at St Andrews in 1995 when Daly won his second major.
Rita collapsed at a US Champions (Seniors) Tour event in September 2007, and had surgery to remove a brain tumour two months later. He is survived by his wife and a four-year-old son, Nicolas.