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Ballplayers, like everyone else, like to get told they did something right.
Willie McCovey
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Willie McCovey
Age: 80 †
Born: 1938
Born: January 10
Died: 2018
Died: October 31
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Baseball Player
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Mobile
Alabama
Willie Lee McCovey
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