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Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays Dead at Age 93

Iconic baseball Hall of Famer, Willie Mays, has died at the age of 93

Willie was renowned as being an all-around ballplayer who could “hit, run, field and throw with equal aplomb,” as summarized by The New York Times. Willie Mays and fansBettmann Archive/Getty ImagesWillie won two NL MVP awards and was named the best player in the National League nine times, according to Wins Above Replacement (WAR) baseball statistics. In 2015, Willie was honored by former president Barack Obama at the White House with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award.

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