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Obituary: The Death Yesterday Of Baseball Umpire John McSherry.

NPR
Published April 1, 1996 at 9:00 PM PST

He suffered a massive heart attack while calling balls and strikes in the first inning of the opening day game between Cincinnati and Montreal.

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