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On This Date in Sports August 2, 1979

In collaboration with the Sportsecyclopedia.com  New York Yankees Captain Thurman Munson is killed while taking flying lessons during an off-day in Canton, Ohio. The 32-year-old catcher was often home sick and had been flying for over a year to visit his family which lived in Ohio on Yankee off days

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On This Date in Sports August 2, 1979

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