Former baseball exec Syd Thrift dies
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Syd Thrift, a former general manger of the Pittsburgh Pirates who spent nearly a half century in baseball, died at 77.
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GASTONIA, N.C. (Sports Network) - Ted Abernathy, who twice  led the National League in saves during the 1960s, has passed  away at the age 71.
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Apparel designer Liz  Claiborne, who founded a namesake women&#39;s sportswear label that  grew into a multibillion dollar global empire, has died at age  78, the company said on Wednesday.
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The New York City Chief Medical Examiner&#39;s office reported Monday that former National League MVP Ken Caminiti died from an accidental drug overdose.
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Ken Caminiti, a former National Baseball League most valuable player who in 2002 admitted he used steroids, has died in New York at the age of 41.
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Bill France Jr., who transformed NASCAR from a small Southern sport into a billion-dollar conglomerate during his 31 years as chairman, died Monday at his Daytona Beach, Fla., home. He was 74.
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Ken Caminiti, the popular and powerful former National League MVP whose troubled life after baseball included bouts with cocaine and a jail stay, died yesterday at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx.
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Billionaire Marvin Davis, a former oilman who sold his 20th Century Fox studios to Rupert Murdoch in the 1980s, died Saturday at his Beverly Hills home. He was 79.
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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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Clete Boyer, the third baseman for the champion New York Yankees teams of the 1960s who made an art form of diving stops and throws from his knees, died Monday. He was 70.
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ST. LOUIS -- Former St. Louis Brown Rollie Stiles, believed to be the oldest former major leaguer, has died. He was 100.
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A minor league baseball coach died less than an hour after he was hit on the head by a batted ball during a Texas League game, the Tulsa World newspaper reported on Monday.
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TORONTO Dec 17, 2004 - Bobby Mattick, who managed the Toronto Blue Jays in 1980 and &#39;81 and helped develop the talent that produced five division titles and two World Series championships, died Friday at 89.
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Rex Bowen, the great baseball scout who signed Bill Mazeroski, Maury Wills and Dick Groat, died at 93.
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Bobby Mattick, who managed the Toronto Blue Jays in 1980 and '81 and helped develop the talent that produced five division titles and two World Series championships, died at 89.
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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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Ken Burkhart, a former big league pitcher and umpire who made one of the most disputed calls in World Series history, has died. He was 89.