Jim Northrup dead at 71 (game, race, MLB, Detroit Tigers)

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Former Detroit Tigers outfielder Jim Northrup, who hit a decisive two-run triple in Game 7 of the 1968 World Series, died Wednesday. He was 71.

Longtime friend Bill Wischman said Northrup after having a seizure at an assisted living facility in Grand Blanc. Wischman says Northrup had been in poor health for some time and had been at the home for about a month because of Alzheimer’s disease.

Ex-Tiger Northrup, '68 Series star, dead at 71 - MLB - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-obit-northrup - broken link)

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Sad news indeed. I was pulling for the Tigers in 1968. Growing up in the Denver area in the early 60's the Denver Bears were the farm club of Detroit. A number of players who played for the Bears went on up to Detroit, among them Bill Freehan, Jake Wood, Dick McAuliffe, Dick Tracewski, and several others.

RIP.