Baseball great Hank Aaron died today. You may wonder why I, not a sports fan, would care. Well, back in the 80's when Trivia Pursuit was a big thing, I would answer Hank Aaron to any baseball question I got because he was one of the few baseball players whose name I knew. Also Reggie Jackson (but Aaron was a better bet) and Darryl Strawberry if the question was about a dead seagull.
You'd be amazed how often that answer worked out for me!
He broke Babe Ruth's homerun record and then held it for 33 years before it was broken by Barry Bonds (on steroids). I remember reading about it in my parents' Time magazine as a teenager back in 1974. Also an American hero who prospered despite enduring racism in the sport.
One of his last acts was getting the Covid vaccination just 2 weeks ago to encourage other African Americans to do likewise.
Here's a link to his obit on the CBC website.
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