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The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Ernesto Portillo Jr. column: Beloved wrestler's family won't let him go.(Column)

Byline: Ernesto Portillo Jr.

Oct. 10--The cool fall air came late Saturday afternoon as the extended Rivera family gathered under a large tree for a sad celebration. A folding picnic table held a large steaming olla of pozole, a pot of Mexican soup of hominy, pinto beans and pork, a sign the family was settling in for a long visit.

The family of David Ray Rivera came to celebrate his 27th birthday. The family ringed his onyx grave marker at South Lawn Cemetery to remember his life.

"We don't want to let him go," said his mother, Alejandrina Rivera. Neither does Ramon Rivera, David's father.

No one wants to let go: David's sisters, Stephanie and Belinda; his ...

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