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Don Larsen, perfect game pitcher in the World Series, has died

By now, you have likely heard the news of the passing of former big-league pitcher Don Larsen:

Don Larsen, an otherwise ordinary pitcher who achieved the extraordinary when he threw the only perfect game in World Series history, died on Wednesday in Hayden Lake, Idaho. He was 90.

His death was confirmed by Andrew Levy, his agent.

Larsen was the last living participant from that perfect game. Yogi Berra, who passed away in September 2015, was next-to-last.

The description of Larsen in that first sentence from the article linked above is accurate.