"Bridge: One Who Lived by His Wits, And His Hand of a Lifetime". Alan Truscott. The New York Times. January 23, 2003. Retrieved 2015-01-17. Quote: "died on Saturday on Staten Island". The column features a deal on which Coon was a big winner playing in a money club, with a hand diagram that is not included in the online public archive. Coon opened the bidding seven hearts, which evoked a sacrifice at seven spades. Thus he earned a lot of money almost entirely by his opening bid, as the penalty against 7S was 2300 points where 7H would have scored 2310.
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"Silver Ribbon Winners"(PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-23. p. 4. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-24.