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ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts) Thu Feb 16, 2012, 06:26 PM Feb 2012

Hall of Fame Catcher Gary Carter Dies at 57

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/hall-fame-catcher-gary-carter-dies-57-15695657#.Tz2CNlFfTwo

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Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter, whose single for the New York Mets in the 1986 World Series touched off one of the most improbable rallies in baseball, died Thursday. He was 57.

Carter was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor last May, two weeks after finishing his second season as coach at Palm Beach Atlantic University.

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I am sorry to hear this. RIP Gary.