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Zoneboy · 03-24-2009, 11:57 AM

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Former Detroit Tigers baseball player and broadcaster George Kell has passed away. He was 86.

The Hall of Famer played third base for the Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, and Baltimore Orioles in the 1940's and 1950's.

Kell died at his Arkansas home early Tuesday morning.

He was considered one of the best third basemen ever to play the game. When Kell retired from baseball and moved to the broadcast booth, most of his years were spent announcing Detroit Tiger games.

Fellow broadcaster Ernie Harwell said he's "lost a friend." Kell was "easy-going," Harwell said while speaking live with WWJ Newsradio 950's Jayne Bower.

Kell was inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983. An announcement about his death was expected later Tuesday from Cooperstown, NY.

Scoobiedoo30 · 03-24-2009, 05:30 PM

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03-24-2009, 11:57 AM	#1
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