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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to baseball Hall of Fame player Ernie Banks at a White House ceremony in November of 2013.

President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to baseball Hall of Fame player Ernie Banks at a White House ceremony in November of 2013.

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Baseball pioneer Ernie Banks dies at 83

Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ernie Banks, the pioneering and famously affable slugger hailed by the team as “the greatest Cub in franchise history,” died Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at age 83, the club announced.