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Article: CANCER CLAIMS MANTLE.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- August 14, 1995
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Byline: MARTIN MERZER Knight-Ridder
He possessed a sweet swing and a tortured soul. He sparkled as the centerpiece of the most famous team in sports and as the life of too many parties. He excelled at every element of his game and still left his potential unfilled.
Mickey Mantle, a former switch-hitting slugger for the New York Yankees and one of baseball's all-time greats, died in Dallas Sunday from an aggressive form of cancer. He was 63.
Only two months ago, he had undergone surgery to replace a liver ravaged by cancer, infection and four decades of heavy drinking. He lived 20 years longer than he expected to, but still he died too young ...