[Archive 2008-07-13] Bobby Murcer, former New York Yankees player dead at 62
Historical Wikinews report from 2008-07-13. Bobby Murcer of the old New York Yankees has died today; he was 62. He died due to brain cancer and died at Mercy Hospital in
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Bobby Murcer of the old New York Yankees has died today; he was 62. He died due to brain cancer and died at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City; Murcer's funeral is being held in that city.
Murcer won the All-Star team 5 years in a row from 1971 onwards. He retired in June 1983 and went into the broadcasting business. He was an announcer in 1989. He started playing baseball when he was 19 in 1965. He received news that he had a brain tumour on Christmas Eve 2006. He was well liked in New York City and was said to be "folksey". In 1979 he famously won a game against the Baltimore Orioles shortly after learning that his friend Thurman Munson had been killed. After hitting a three-run home run and then a two-run single at the bottom of the ninth inning to beat Baltimore 5-4, Murcer won the game for Munson, and gave his bat to Munson's widow.
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