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(Jan. 08, 1990) Died:Billy Martin
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Jan. 08, 1990 When Tyrants Fall
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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MILESTONES, Page 68
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<p> DIED. Billy Martin, 61, scrappy bantam who helped lead the
New York Yankees to four World Series championships in the
1950s as a hot-hitting and fielding second baseman and in 1977
as a tactically shrewd manager; of injuries suffered when his
pickup truck, driven by a friend who was charged with drunken
driving, skidded off an icy road; in Johnson City, N.Y.
Notorious for his barroom brawls, Martin was fired as Yankee
helmsman four times by team owner George Steinbrenner, and was
forced to resign once after remarking about slugger Reggie
Jackson and Steinbrenner, "One's a born liar, and the other's
convicted"--a reference to the boss's guilty plea for illegal
contributions to Richard Nixon's 1972 campaign.
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