Baseball legend Hank Aaron dies at 86

Published January 22, 2021 4:19pm ET



Henry “Hank” Aaron, a Hall of Fame baseball player who for decades held Major League Baseball’s all-time home runs record, died at the age of 86 on Friday.

“We are devastated by the passing of Hammerin’ Hank Aaron, one of the greatest players and people in the history of our game. He was 86,” MLB said in a statement on social media. The Atlanta Braves, the team he spent most of his career with, tweeted a photo of him from his playing career without a caption.

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