From his sickbed, Garfield High legend is still delivering
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Jaime Escalante, 79, the math teacher who was the basis for the 1988 film 'Stand and Deliver,' is battling cancer. But he still has some lessons to impart.
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"I'm hopeful that I can have at least a 100th of the influence he had," said Angel Navarro, a defense attorney who landed in Escalante's calculus class 28 years ago. "His legacy lives through me and many, many others."