They even mentioned the date of his death Game 3, World Series, 2013...............New Year's eve......one of the players had won an award named after him.....................a mysterious plane crash...................i wrote about this a lot awhile back on my blog......with reference to Pedro Infante.......the Mexican singer/actor.......whose body was never found after a plane crash......................3 Americans died the same way........the Big Bopper.....R Valens and B Holly....

December 31, 1972, San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Roberto Clemente - Baseball Player - Biography.com

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He was proud of his Puerto Rican heritage and stood up for minority rights. Clemente married Vera Zabala in 1963, and they had three sons. Renowned for his humanitarian work, he died in a plane crash on December 31, 1972, en route to bringing much needed supplies to survivors of an earthquake in Nicaragua.