Historical records matching Luscious "Luke" Easter
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About Luscious "Luke" Easter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Easter_%28baseball%29
Luscious "Luke" Easter (August 4, 1915 – March 29, 1979) was a professional baseball player in Major League Baseball and the Negro leagues. He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, was 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), and weighed 240 lb. The birth year listed here is drawn from census data. Easter himself listed multiple birth years ranging from 1911 to 1921 on different occasions, so some ambiguity as to the correct year exists.
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Luscious "Luke" Easter's Timeline
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August 4, 1915
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Jonestown, Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States
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| 1964 |
1964
Age 48
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Aircraft Workers Alliance
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| 1979 |
March 29, 1979
Age 63
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Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
"Easter work for the Aircraft Workers Alliance in 1964, eventually becoming the chief union steward for at TRW in the east side suburb of Euclid, Ohio. On March 29, 1979 he was shot and killed outside a bank at East 260th Street and Euclid Avenue while transporting $5,000 from payroll checks." "Police reports indicated that Easter was approached by two robbers armed with shotguns and after refusing to turn over the funds, he was shot twice at close range." "In 1980, Woodland Hills Park, in Cleveland's Mount Pleasant neighborhood, was renamed Luke Easter Park in memoriam." |
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Major League Baseball::Cleveland Indians, Ohio, United States
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