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May 17, 2011

Former Senators Slugger Harmon Killebrew Dies

Former Washington Senator Harmon Killebrew, who hit 573 home runs — many of them of legendary length — over a 22-year career as one of the most feared sluggers in the majors, died today in Arizona. Killebrew had been battling esophageal cancer, and had announced earlier this week that doctors had diagnosed his affliction as incurable.

 
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