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Aero Linx: Documents Shed Light on the Life and Death of Thurman Munson

The New York Times has obtained a transcript of depositions made following the death of New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson in an aviation accident in August, 1979.

The depositions, which include testimony from such notable Yankees as Reggie Jackson, Billy Martin and Graig Nettles, do not challenge the basic narrative of Munson’s death — that he was a standout athlete who began flying less than two years earlier, in part so he could get home to Ohio to see his family on days off, and that he died while practicing takeoffs and landings at the airport.

But what the depositions do provide is a revealing snapshot of Munson, who was sometimes a curmudgeon but was always the bedrock of a high-wattage Yankees team that had won the previous two World Series amid all the distractions served up by Jackson and Martin and George Steinbrenner, the team’s unpredictable owner.

FMI: www.nytimes.com/2018/08/01/sports/thurman-munson-plane-crash-yankees.html