Kirby+Puckett

**//The Life of... Kirby Puckett//  ** (1960-2006)

//"Can you all just do me one favor? Don't take life for granted, because tomorrow isn't promised to any of us." -Kirby Puckett//

Kirby Puckett was one of the youngest men to be inducted into the [|American Hall of Fame of Baseball]. The center fielder was in [|Major League Baseball] and played his entire career with the [|Minnesota Twins]from 1984 to 1995. Puckett led the Twins to [|World Series] titles in 1987 and 1991. After being forced to retire at age 35 due to loss of vision in one eye from glaucoma, he was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2001 in his first year of eligibility. He passed away at the age of 45 following a massive stroke.

On the morning of March 5, 2006, Kirby Puckett suffered a massive [|hemorrhagic stroke] at his home in [|Scottsdale, Arizona]. He underwent emergency surgery that day to relieve pressure on his brain. The surgery failed and his former teammates and coaches were notified the following morning, the teams mourned together and paid a visit to Puckett's family as soon as they could. He died at around 5:30 PM, shortly after being disconnected from [|life support], just 8 days away from his 46th birthday. Puckett is the second-youngest person to die already being a member of the Hall of Fame. The American entertainment industry of sports education has much influence on culture. American baseball has grown, changed and developed through history since it was first played. Men who have had such passion and desire to create such an exciting game we call baseball. Puckett has shown how much we depend on them to make our lives exciting. His death sent shockwaves to everyone, and it was the last time we would ever see him watching his favorite sport however, his name will forever remain in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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