The Pirates star was a great player and humanitarian whose life was cut short in an airplane crash on Dec. 31, 1972.

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Robert Clemente Jr. remembers entering Three Rivers Stadium when he was 7, and spotting posters with a picture of his father. He walked directly toward one of the images behind the backstop of the ...

Passionate and outspoken, Clemente’s humanitarian efforts showed a softer side. In a cruel twist of fate, Clemente’s charity led to his death at age 38. On Dec. 31, 1972, Clemente boarded a plane in ...