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Article: NASCAR Legend Dale Earnhardt's Widow Won't Endorse ESPN Film.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- April 29, 2004
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By Jaime Levy, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 29--As thousands of fans go to Mooresville today to celebrate what would have been Dale Earnhardt's 53rd birthday, an ESPN crew will be in Cabarrus County re-creating scenes from the Intimidator's life.
Since mid-April, the TV moviemakers have spent time in the neighborhood where Earnhardt grew up. They've filmed at local red-clay race tracks. They've held open casting calls in Concord to add local flavor.
But as close as ESPN producers say they have gotten to Earnhardt's roots, they don't have approval from the people who were closest to him: his family. ...