Thurman Lee Munson was an American catcher in Major League Baseball who played with the New York Yankees from 1969 to 1979. Munson was killed at age 32 while trying to land his personal airplane. Wikipedia
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- Tommy Lasorda Perhaps the most beloved of the New York Yankees in the 1970s, Thurman Munson' s career was prematurely ended by his tragic death. baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Thurman_Munson
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On August 2, 1979, the team captain for the New York Yankees, Thurman Munson , died in the crash of his private plane. Munson was killed while practicing take-offs and landings at a runway in Canton, Ohio. "I'm a little too belligerent. I cuss and swea www.baseball-almanac.com/autoweek/aut2000r.shtml
