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<text id=91TT1408>
<title>
June 24, 1991: Died:A.B. ("Happy") Chandler
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
June 24, 1991 Thelma & Louise
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
MILESTONES, Page 47
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<p> DIED. A.B. ("Happy") Chandler, 92, former Kentucky Governor,
U.S. Senator and baseball commissioner from 1945 to 1951, who
helped break the color bar by supporting the Brooklyn Dodgers'
decision to bring Jackie Robinson into the major leagues; in
Versailles, Ky. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in
1982.
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</body></article>
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