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Steve Palermo, an American League umpire for 15 years, in 1982. He was shot in 1991.
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Steve Palermo
Died on May 14, 2017 at age 67
Mr. Palermo’s career as a major league baseball umpire ended when he was shot and partly paralyzed in 1991 after intervening in a robbery outside a Dallas restaurant.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.