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Bob Uecker, Light-Hitting Catcher Turned Comic Actor and Broadcaster, Dies at 90

Bob Uecker, who parlayed six laughable seasons as a light-hitting catcher into a second career in comedy highlighted by hilarious turns in the Major League movies, on The Tonight Show and in beer commercials, has died. He was 90.

A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Uecker was a popular play-by-play man for his hometown Milwaukee Brewers since 1971, and on Thursday it was the team that announced his death.

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