Long time Minnesota Twins player dies after a stroke. Hall of famer Kirby Puckett died earlyer today after having a stroke. This is truely is a sad for any twins fan or in fact any baseball fan.
You will never find another like him Kirby Puckett loved the fans and would do just about anythig. He was out going and fun with everyone he came in contact with.
You may not have liked a few things he did in his personal life butI don't care. Puckett all and all was a great person and will be missed by many.
Puckett has always said he will die young. Most of the guys in his family have not lived into ther 50's.
Twins legend Puckett dies after stroke
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Kirby Puckett died Monday, a day after the Hall of Fame outfielder had a stroke at his Arizona home. He was 45.
Puckett died at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. He had been in intensive care since having surgery at another hospital following his stroke Sunday morning.
The bubbly, barrel-shaped Puckett carried the Twins to World Series titles in 1987 and 1991 before his career was cut short by glaucoma. His family, friends and former teammates gathered at the hospital Monday.
Puckett was given last rites and died in the afternoon, hospital spokeswoman Kimberly Lodge said.
"On behalf of Major League Baseball, I am terribly saddened by the sudden passing of Kirby Puckett," commissioner Bud Selig said. "He was a Hall of Famer in every sense of the term.
"He played his entire career with the Twins and was an icon in Minnesota. But he was revered throughout the country and will be remembered wherever the game is played. Kirby was taken from us much too soon - and too quickly," he said.
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