Roger Eugene Maris was a professional baseball right fielder
who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball. He is best
known for setting a new MLB single-season home run record
with 61 home runs in 1961.

He died of the disease at age 51 on December 14, 1985, at M.D.
Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas and was buried at Holy
Cross Cemetery in Fargo, North Dakota.

Roger Maris, Joe DiMaggio and Cincinatti Reds team
manager at Al Lang Stadium dugout, St. Petersburg,
Florida in 1983.

   
TIM MAGUIRE

John F. Kennedy’s funeral procession to St. Matthew’s 
Cathedral.

    
    
  Funeral Mass card.

On October 6, 1926, Yankee slugger Babe Ruth hit a record three
homers against the St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth game of the
World Series. The Yanks won the game 10-5, but despite Ruth’s unprecedented performance, they lost the championship in the
seventh game.

George Herman "Babe" Ruth
(February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948)

 
CAMILLE BOHANNON

At the end of a sensational trial, former football star O.J. Simpson 
was acquitted of the brutal 1994 double murder of his estranged
wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.

Orenthal James (O.J.) Simpson (July 9, 1947 – April 10, 2024)

In May 2023, Simpson reported that he had been diagnosed with
prostate cancer and expressed confidence that he would beat it. 

He died of the disease at the age of 76.

Peter Edward Rose Sr. (April 14, 1941 – September 30, 2024), also
known by his nickname "Charlie Hustle", was an American
professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major
League Baseball from 1963 to 1986.