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People: Alfonso Ribeiro wins final Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race

Ribeiro (Colin Young-Wolff / Invision via Associated Press)
From wire reports

Alfonso Ribeiro won the 40th and final Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race, a fan favorite event at the Grand Prix of Long Beach.

Ribeiro was also the celebrity winner in 1994 and 1995 and the Pro winner in 2015. The host of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” also won “Dancing with the Stars” in 2014.

Max Papis won the Pro category by finishing 4.872 seconds behind Ribeiro.

Rod Millen, the Pro winner in 1995 was third and followed by Mike Skinner, the Pro winner in 2007 and 2008.

This was the final event of the longest-running corporate-sponsored charity race in the country. The event has helped Toyota donate more than $2.3 million to “Racing For Kids” since 1991.

This year’s all-star field featured 18 previous winners.

Ace Frehley hospitalized with exhaustion after show

Former Kiss lead guitarist Ace Frehley has been hospitalized for exhaustion and was forced to cancel Saturday’s show in Poughkeepsie, New York.

A post on Frehley’s website and Facebook page says he was admitted to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital after Friday’s show at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

The post says his symptoms were due to “exhaustion and dehydration.” Frehley was otherwise given “a clean bill of health.”

His website says Frehley “reluctantly” agreed to cancel Saturday night’s sold-out show at The Chance in Poughkeepsie.

According to his website, Frehley had to cancel a show April 9 in New Hope, Pennsylvania, after a band member was sick.

The 64-year-old has been touring all month. Messages were left with a manager for Frehley and a hospital spokesperson.