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Jim Bunning, then with the Tigers, pitching during the 1957 All-Star Game in St. Louis.
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Jim Bunning
Died on May 26, 2017 at age 85
Mr. Bunning was a Hall of Fame pitcher who threw a perfect game and later forged a second career as a fervently conservative and often cantankerous Republican representative and senator from Kentucky.
Notable Deaths 2017
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