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A Look Back: Yankee team captain Thurman Munson dies in plane
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Archived Obituaries
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U.S. deaths near 100,000, an incalculable loss
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Forty years ago, Bobby Murcer stood tall for the Yankees and their
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Thurman Munson - Wikipedia
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Yankee Stadium (New York) – Society for American Baseball Research
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