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Yankees icon Mickey Mantle death in 1995...
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Yankees icon Mickey Mantle death in 1995...

Item # 728697 ·
LOS ANGLES TIMES, Aug. 14, 1995 

* Mickey Mantle death - "Commerce Comet"
* New York Yankees center fielder - No. 7
* MLB - Major League Baseball (1951-1968)
* Alcoholism - liver cirrhosis and cancer 

The top of the front page has a three column pictorial headed: "Mickey Mantle, 1931-1995" and one column heading: "Baseball Great Mickey Mantle Dies of Cancer" And the front page of the sports section has a three column heading: "The Best Memory of Mantle Is Taken From Player's Past" with photo. More inside (see images)
Complete with all sections (100+ pages), great condition.

Background: The death of New York Yankees legend Mickey Mantle on August 13, 1995, at age 63 marked a momentous and somber turning point in baseball history, transitioning one of sports' greatest icons into a symbol of human vulnerability and redemption. Suffering from liver cancer, cirrhosis, and hepatitis C caused by decades of severe alcoholism, Mantle underwent an emergency liver transplant at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, in June 1995. The significance of his passing extended far beyond his legendary Hall of Fame athletic career; in his final weeks, a visibly frail Mantle issued a poignant public plea—"Don't be like me"—that ignited a national conversation on addiction, while his high-profile surgery sparked unprecedented organ donation awareness through the newly established Mickey Mantle Foundation. Honored with Yankee Stadium tributes and commemorative number 7 armbands worn by his former team, Mantle’s tragic end redefined his legacy from that of an invincible Yankees legend to a deeply impactful cautionary advocate for health, recovery, and selflessness.
Category: The 20th Century
Price
$58
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.