David Lennon
David Lennon is an award-winning columnist and author who has been a staff writer at Newsday since 1991.
TORONTO - In honoring a life well-lived, the highest compliment is also the simplest. Yogi Berra, who died Tuesday at the age of 90, was a D-Day hero, a Yankees icon and, incredibly, the most quotable speaker of his generation.
And yet, standing next to Yogi, enjoying his company as countless people did, sharing a laugh with him, you'd never know it.
At the height of his baseball powers, Berra stood all of 5-foot-7.