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UCF Professor Emeritus Tim Blair, who pioneered reading camps in one of Orlando’s poorest neighborhoods 16 years ago, has died at the age of 69 after a long illness. During his 22 years at UCF, he served as the College of Education and Human Performance assistant dean and a reading and literacy professor. He took his passion for literacy seriously,…