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Home run record. mr. aaron died this morning and the world of baseball and the world, period, has lost one of its legendary figures. he played for 23 seasons and his record of 755 home runs stood for more than 30 years. mr. aaron was elected to the baseball hall of fame in 1982 and was one of the first high-ranking black executives in baseball which sadly is still a rarity. despite his unparalleled accomplishments, it was his perseverance that defines his legacy. aaron, who grew up in deeply seg...

And rbis. everything he did he did in the face of systemic racism. he played despite bottles and booze raining down on him on the field. in the early days he couldnt use the same changing facilities or stay in the same hotel as his teammates. never bitter, always resilient, he did admit years later that racism carved a piece of his heart away. in the spring of 74 came the record people thought would never be broken, babe ruths 714 home runs. so it was on an april night in the fourth inning and a...

Often. a lot of the questions, lets continue to get some answers. thank you. >> you got it. breaking news coming into cnn just snow. baseball legend hank aaron has died at the age of 86. known as the home run king, aaron leaves behind an incredible legacy. obviously both on and off the baseball field. here is cnns look at the life of this iconic hall of famer. >> his nickname was the hammer. and how appropriate. with a bat in his hand, hank aaron was considered by many to be the best who ever ...

Commissioner of baseball. this is a friendship that lasted for 60 years. i am reading quotes about how hardbroken he is. he was as important a face to this sport as anybody there has ever been, whether its babe ruth or jackie robinson or willie mays who god willing will turn 90 next year. i asked, do you have any regrets? he said, i have a lot of regrets. any runner i left on base. for all the home runs that he had in his life, he thought his job was to knock in runs. i was happy that you talked...

First and unfortunately last time i would get to meet one of my childhood heroes, i was struck by how humble he was. i mean, his humility was legendary. you have done this for decades. you meet some people and you know theyre a big deal but they know theyre a big deal. not so with hank aaron. he was just the most humble guy. we have a picture from just a few weeks ago in terms of leading by example and being more than just a baseball player. this is a picture of hank aaron getting his covid vacc...

This from muhammad ali. quote, the only man i idolize more muhammad ali saying that about hank aaron. im joined now by longtime sports writer mike lupica. he was more than hammering hank. >> you know, i very rarely wrote about him without describing him this way. the great henry aaron. he was a figure of grace and dignity and strength. he became the conscience and soul of baseball. he came along five years after jackie robinson. he said to me once that if they learned anything, the black players...

I would come down and say to my wife, this is a good job. she would say, why? i got off the phone with hank aaron. in the shadow of george floyd, we had a long conversation last june. he talked about how what was happening in america were the conversations he used to have with his grandchildren and the things they had to be afraid of and things they had to be concerned about in america. he talked about how inspired he was by the rising that he saw after george floyd. he talked about young people...

That job, i never forgot, not for one minute, that i was following in the footsteps of the greatest person of my era, and that was jackie robinson. he taught me in order for every black person who wanted to play sports, that to make the most of our talent and opportunity, we had to constantly bear down and bow down to no one and then pay it forward. this man spent all of his baseball life and then his post-baseball life paying it forward. >> mike, i have enjoyed your insight and perspective. we ...

Of numbers. he said, could you ask them to see if they could find a few more of my home runs. he was so respectful -- yeah, he did. he said, ask them to find eight or nine of mine. he was so respectful though, as you know in your conversation, of the players that he played with. he told me, i stood on their shoulders. he was making $200 a month with the indianapolis clowns. then boston braves purchased his contract for $10,000, moved to milwaukee and the rest is a glorious part not just in the h...

Steele, victoria soto, than you all so very much. we have breaking news, very sad news from the world of baseball, from the world of really national history. home run legend hank aaron has passed away, hailing from humble beginnings in mobile, alabama, becoming one of the most important sports figures of the 21st century playing for the braves. he entered the history books in 1974, breaking the home run record of the great babe ruth. after his career on the field, he went on to become the first ...