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Old 08-25-2016, 10:47 AM
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According to Bob Lemke's article in the current edition of SCD only 44 of the players, coaches and managers pictured in the Topps 1952 set survive. The most recent casualty, Turk Lown
RIP Mr. Lown. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and wouldn't speak about it when he returned. A few years ago, Woody Paige did a column on Lown, and when he tried to ask about the war, Lown shut him down.

He signed TTM for me about two years ago.
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