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Posted By: jay behrens

My favorite autograph story was when I brought a stack of wire photos for him to sign in the late 80s. When he got to the picture of him and Cal Emer, he asked if he could buy it. I turned him down and told him it was part of my collection of Twins memorabilia. When I was getting ready to sell off my colelction, Killebrew appeared at a show in the Bay area again, so went to the show adn stood in line. When I got to the table, a guy asked me for the item I wanted signed. When saw it, he pointed out the obvious and said it was already signed. I told that is was gift for Mr Killebrew. The guy gave me back the photo and I handed to Mr Killebrew and told him it was a gift for the all the great memories as a kid. He thanked me and said he remembered signing it and I could see tears forming his eyes. I am sure a big reason for it was because he just sold most of his personal memorablia to pay for the stomach cancer he was recovering from at the time.

Jay