Mother established Gordie Foundation in her son's memory to save other students ...

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The Dallas Morning News (TX)

By Nancy Chrunin
"On Thursday, thousands of high school and college students around the world will mark the second annual National Gordie Day."

"It's named in honor of Lynn Gordon Bailey Jr. of Dallas, known as Gordie to his friends and his mother and stepfather, Leslie and Michael Lanahan. Gordie was 18 and a freshman at the University of Colorado five years ago when he drank whiskey and wine as part of a fraternity hazing, was left to 'sleep it off' and died of alcohol poisoning. ..."

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