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[gwynn_fan]

George Joseph Kresge Jr., who was known to generations of TV watchers as the mesmerizing entertainer and mentalist The Amazing Kreskin, has died at age 89.

Kreskin’s friend and former road manager, Ryan Galway, told The Associated Press that he died Tuesday at his home in Caldwell, New Jersey, where he spent much of his life. Galway said Kreskin had not been feeling well in recent weeks but otherwise did not provide a cause of death.

Inspired by the crime-fighting comic book character Mandrake the Magician, Kreskin launched his television career in the 1960s and remained popular for decades, making guest appearances on talk shows hosted by everyone from Merv Griffin to Johnny Carson to Jimmy Fallon.

 

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Merv Rettenmund, outfielder who won World Series titles with the Orioles and Reds, dies at 81​

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FILE - Baltimore Orioles outfielder Merv Rettenmund in Miami, in 1968. (AP Photo/TM, File)

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FILE - This 2007 photo shows Merv Rettenmund of the San Diego Padres baseball team, an outfielder whose 13-year major league playing career included World Series titles with the Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds, who has died the San Diego Padres announced Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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Updated 7:02 PM PST, December 9, 2024
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Merv Rettenmund, an outfielder whose 13-year major league playing career included World Series titles with the Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds, has died. He was 81.
The San Diego Padres announced Rettenmund’s death Sunday. No cause of death was given.
Rettenmund played his first six seasons for the Orioles before spending two each with the Reds and Padres and three with the California Angels. He set career highs with a .322 batting average and 18 home runs for Baltimore in 1970, when the Orioles won their second of three straight pennants — and beat Cincinnati in the World Series. Rettenmund homered in Game 5 as Baltimore wrapped up the championship with a 9-3 victory.
In 1971, Rettenmund finished third in the American League in batting (.318) and second in on-base percentage (.422).

Rettenmund won the 1975 World Series with the Reds. After the end of his playing career, Rettenmund became a big league hitting coach, spending much of the 1990s with San Diego.

 

[AndyDrummond]

Multiple sources reporting that Rickey Henderson passed away today. I loved the A’s during the Bash Brothers era and Rickey was such a fun add to the team. The 91 UD triple exposure is one of the best cards of the early 90s.

 

[Mechjo16]

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Multiple sources reporting that Rickey Henderson passed away today. I loved the A’s during the Bash Brothers era and Rickey was such a fun add to the team. The 91 UD triple exposure is one of the best cards of the early 90s.

I was just about to post this. Another great one lost to soon. Rest easy Rickey.

 

[gwynn_fan]

Rickey Henderson, Athletics icon and Hall of Famer, dies at 65 originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Rickey Henderson, one of the greatest players in Athletics franchise history and 2009 National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, died Friday at 65, NBC Sports California confirmed.

MLB's all-time leader in stolen bases would have turned 66 on Christmas Day.

Henderson played 25 MLB seasons with the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Anaheim Angels and Los Angeles Dodgers.

No cause reported yet

 

[kclj520]

Olivia Hussey, an English actress known for her role in "Romeo and Juliet", as well as Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile", passed at age 73.

 

[gwynn_fan]

Charlie Maxwell, the popular slugging left fielder for the Detroit Tigers from 1955-62, died Friday evening at age 97 in Paw Paw, Michigan after a short illness.

Maxwell, a two-time All-Star, was the oldest living former Tiger, as well as the oldest living alumnus of the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox and the 7th-oldest living MLB player (according to Baseball Reference).

Although he was often called “Paw Paw,” for his hometown in southwestern Michigan, Charles Richard Maxwell also earned the nicknames “Sunday Charlie” and “The Sabbath Smasher” after hitting home runs in four successive at-bats in a Sunday doubleheader against the New York Yankees on May 3, 1959, at Briggs Stadium (later Tiger Stadium). At the time, he was only the fifth modern player to accomplish the feat.

 

[kclj520]

Rest in Peace President Jimmy Carter, age 100.

 

[gwynn_fan]

Gary Sutherland was never a star baseball player, but he played a significant role in the history of the Montreal Expos franchise.

Sutherland, who died on Dec. 16 at age 80, was a 24-year-old infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies when the Expos selected him in the eighth round of the 1968 expansion draft. As the Expos' starting second baseman in their inaugural game in April 1969, he reached base on an error and scored the first run in team history.

 

[gwynn_fan]

Lenny Randle, a big league player for 12 seasons who spoke five languages, performed standup comedy, was dubbed "The Most Interesting Man in Baseball" and was suspended for punching his Texas Rangers manager, has died. He was 75.

He died Sunday at his home in Murrieta, one of his sons, Bradley, said Tuesday. Bradley said Randle's wife, Linda, asked that the cause of death not be publicly disclosed.

Randle helped Arizona State win the 1969 College World Series, and he also played football for the school. He was selected 10th overall by Washington in the secondary phase of the 1970 amateur draft and made his debut for the Senators on June 16, 1971. He got his first hit when he beat out an infield single against Vida Blue.