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Mar 08, 2006; Minneapolis, MN, United States; KIRBY BRUNCLIK hugs his girlfriend MAREN NORDLING as she cries at the metrodome Tuesday where hundreds of people came out to bring signs, memorabilia and
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GEORGIA OBITUARIES
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Jodi Olson, fiance of the late Kirby Puckett, sits behind a portrait of him at the Metrodome in Minneapolis Sunday March 12, 2006 during a memorial service for the late Minnesota Twins
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Part 3: 150 Minnesota moments we'd just as soon forget
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The most surprising athlete retirements
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Part 3: 150 Minnesota moments we'd just as soon forget
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Mar 08, 2006; Minneapolis, MN, United States; KIRBY BRUNCLIK hugs his girlfriend MAREN NORDLING as she cries at the metrodome Tuesday where hundreds of people came out to bring signs, memorabilia and
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Hall-of-Famer Puckett, 45, dies - Deseret News
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NORTH CAROLINA OBITUARIES, K-Z
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On this day: Kirby Puckett walk-off homer keeps Twins' 1991 World Series hopes alive - InForum
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08-25-18 Edition, PDF, San Francisco
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Former Minnesota Twins manager Tom Kelly, who managed Kirby Puckett, tells reporters what Puckett meant to him Tuesday, March 7, 2006 at baseball spring training camp in Fort Myers, Fla. Puckett, who