Nelson Briles, Baseball Player, Dies at 61
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Nelson Briles pitched for two World Series championship teams during his 14-year career in the major leagues.
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Butch van Breda Kolff, who had a sometimes controversial but always colorful career on the sidelines with 13 basketball teams in three professional leagues and at various colleges over a span of nearly four decades, has died. He was 84.
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(andPOP) - Jerry Orbach, the man who played Detective Lennie Briscoe for 12 years on Law &amp; Order, died Tuesday. He was 69. Orbach revealed earlier this month that he was being treated for prostate cancer.
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Two-time All-Star Ray Boone, patriarch of a three-generation baseball family, died early Sunday following a long illness. He was 81.
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Former National League Most Valuable Player Ken Caminiti died of a heart attack at age 41 in New York, the New York Times reported Monday.
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Ted Abernathy, who twice led the National League in saves during the 1960s, has passed away at the age 71.
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Bob Mitinger, a linebacker for the San Diego Chargers in the 1960s, died at 64.
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Rolland Mays Stiles, the oldest living former Major League Baseball player, died on Sunday at the age of 100 in a nursing home in St Louis, the Post-Dispatch newspaper reported on Monday.
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Fred Hale Sr., documented as the world&#39;s oldest man and noted Boston Red Sox fan, has died. He was 113 years old. Hale died in his sleep Friday at The Nottingham in suburban Syracuse, while trying to recover
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Rod Kanehl, a career minor leaguer who became a fan favorite at the Polo Grounds with the beloved but bumbling original Mets of 1962, died Dec. 14 at a hospital in Palm Springs, Calif.
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Texas Rangers manager Johnny Oates answers questions at a news conference in Arlington, Texas, in this Oct. 8, 1999 file photo. Oates, 58, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor three years ago, died Friday, Dec. 24, 2004.
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Former-Gold Glove first baseman  J.T. Snow announced his retirement after 15 seasons in Major  League Baseball on Thursday.
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John "Buck" O'Neil, a key figure in Negro Leagues baseball and a ground-breaking coach in the major leagues, has died at the age of 94.
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Former National League Most Valuable Player Ken Caminiti, who in 2002 admitted he used steroids, died of a heart attack in New York on Sunday, Major League Baseball reported on its Web Site.
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Former NFL star Reggie White died on Sunday at the age of 43. He was one of the National Football League&#39;s top defensive players for a decade.
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Reggie White, one of gridiron&#39;s legendary players who in a career spanning 15 years was chosen to play in 13 consecutive Pro Bowls, died yesterday morning apparently from a massive heart attack at his home in Huntersville, North Carolina, only seven days
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Mr. Vargo worked in the National League from 1960 to 1983, including four world series and four All-Star games. He was behind the plate for both Sandy Koufaxâs no-hitter and his perfect game.