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Monday, August 10, 2009

Passing: Widow of Mickey Mantle (NY Times)

From The New York Times:

By TYLER KEPNER
August 11, 2009

Merlyn Mantle, the widow of the Hall of Fame Yankees outfielder Mickey Mantle, died Monday at a hospice facility in Plano, Tex. She was 77. A family spokesman, Marty Appel, said the cause was Alzheimer’s disease.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/sports/baseball/11mantle.html?_r=1&ref=baseball

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