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May 17, 2011: A Strong Man Dies

By Francis Kinlaw

Harmon KillebrewHarmon Killebrew died today,Another on a list of boyhood heroes gone;Passing years deprive us of the joys of our youthAnd of icons who made it special.Wasn’t it only last month that a “Bonus Baby” was born…This quiet son of Idaho, bringing excitement to staid Washington?A diamond star from “The Gem State,” lifting spirits and his struggling team,Enlivening the City of Power in . . .

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