Post Mortem Archive: Athletes
Duke Snider dies: Dodgers' Hall of Fame center fielder was 84
Duke Snider, one of the "Boys of Summer" who defeated the New York Yankees in 1955 to bring home the Brooklyn Dodgers' only World Series title, died today at a hospital in Escondido, California. He was 84. A powerful left-handed hitter known as the "Duke of Flatbush," Mr. Snider...
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Emma Brown
| February 27, 2011; 6:38 PM ET |
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Bob Feller dies at 92; Hall of Famer had wicked fastball
Bob Feller, a fireballing pitcher who broke into the big leagues as a 17-year-old sensation with the Cleveland Indians and was acclaimed as baseball's finest pitcher from the late 1930s to the late 1940s, died Wednesday night at a hospice near Cleveland. He was 92 and had leukemia. Mr. Feller,...
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T. Rees Shapiro
| December 16, 2010; 11:30 AM ET |
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LaLanne: "Clean Thoughts and Dirty Girls"
Obit fan Alex Remington, who used to contribute to our page when he worked at The Post, brought this recent interview to our attention of 96-year-old Jack LaLanne and his musings on living a long and healthy life: Fitness guru Jack LaLanne, on the eve of his 96th birthday, shares...
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Adam Bernstein
| September 24, 2010; 11:15 AM ET |
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Laurent Fignon, Greg LeMond and the closest Tour ever
Laurent Fignon won the Tour de France twice, but he is less remembered for those victories than for his by-the-skin-of-his-teeth loss to American Greg LeMond in the 1989 Tour. The three-week race covered more than 2,000 miles, but in the end it came down to a matter of mere seconds....
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Emma Brown
| September 1, 2010; 11:13 AM ET |
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Yankees' 'Voice of God' dies at 99
Bob Sheppard, the iconic Yankee Stadium announcer who was known as the "Voice of God" for his introductions of baseball stars over more than half a century, has died. He was 99. Mr. Sheppard's debut as the New York Yankees' announcer was April 17, 1951, when players included Joe DiMaggio,...
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Emma Brown
| July 11, 2010; 12:09 PM ET |
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Daily Goodbye
A sports edition Daily Goodbye today: Loris Kessel was a Swiss race driver who piloted Ferrari grand touring machines, which are near street quality cars with significant upgrades. Throughout his racing career, Mr. Kessel, who died of Leukemia, also drove Formula 1 cars, open wheeled machines that are regarded as...
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| May 17, 2010; 9:06 AM ET |
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