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Hack WilsonBorn: Apr. 26, 1900Baseball as a Chicago Cub, he produced one of baseball's most outstanding seasons in 1930 with 56 home runs, .356 batting average, 105 walks and, most amazingly…
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Harold RussellAge: 88 veteran and actor who won two Oscars—one for acting and a special award—for his performance as a disabled World War II soldier in the film The Best Years of Our Lives.…
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