Al Campanis

Dead

Born: 11/2/1916
Died: 6/21/1998
Age: 81
Cause of death: heart failure.

Full name: Alexander Sebastian Campanis
Noted For: member of the Brooklyn Dodgers (1943); general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Was fired after making allegedly racist remarks about the low numbers of black baseball managers in an interview on ABC's Nightline.

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