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Detroit Baseball Great Al Kaline Passed Away Today

04/06/2020 at 3:39pm EDT

from John Lowe of the Detroit Free Press,

Al Kaline, who in a long and unique Detroit Tigers lifetime grew from youthful batting champion to Hall of Famer to distinguished elder statesman, died Monday afternoon at his home in Bloomfield Hills. He was 85.

A cause of death was not immediately available. John Morad, a close friend of the family, confirmed the news to the Free Press after speaking with Kaline's youngest son, Mike.

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