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Friday 3 January 2020

GARDEN PARTY

This photo, taken on Jan. 11,
2017, by an Alabama De-
partment of Conservation
and Natural Resources game
camera, shows two golden
eagles at a deer carcass at
Freedom Hillls Wildlife Man-
agement Area in Alabama.
Associated Press
Larsen,

who threw

only perfect

World Series

game, dies

at 90

NEW YORK (AP) — Don
Larsen, the journeyman
pitcher who reached the
heights of baseball glory
when he threw a perfect
game in 1956 with the New
York Yankees for the only Knicks spoil Anthony's return
no-hitter in World Series
history, died Wednesday
night. He was 90. to MSG, win 3rd straight
He died of esophageal
cancer while in hospice in
Hayden, Idaho, said Lars-
en's agent, Andrew Levy. New York Knicks forward Bobby Portis (1) leaps high above Port-
In a Christmas Day mes-
sage on social media, son land Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum (3) to block a shot but gets
Scott Larsen said his father chargd with a foul during the first half of an NBA basketball game
was diagnosed with can- in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020.
cer soon after his annual Associated Press
trip to St. Louis in August
to the St. Louis Browns His- Page 19
torical Society. He had
recently completed ra-
diation therapy. Commis-
sioner Rob Manfred said in
a statement Thursday that
Larsen's perfect game has
"remained unique for 63
years and counting."

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