New York Yankees' star catcher, Thurman Munson, died on Aug. 2, 1979, when the plane he was flying crashed short of the runway at Akron-Canton Airport in Ohio. He was 32. A cornerstone of the team ...

Thurman Munson made a series of fatal mistakes in the last moments of his life; so says the accident report from the National Transportation Safety Board. He was also a hero in the last moments of ...

Today marks the 30th Anniversary of the dreadful day in which the New York Yankees lost their captain - the last true Yankee captain until Derek Jeter was given the astute title in June of 2003.

No hero saved his life. No one could. Instead, Thurman Munson, who died at the age of 32, left behind an array of loved ones doing the best they could amid unthinkable tragedy. A wife who raised ...

Editor's note: Moss Klein covered the Yankees for The Star-Ledger from 1976-92. He reflects on Thurman Munson on this the 30th anniversary of his death. The late-afternoon news coming from the car ...

The widow of tragic baseball star Thurman Munson who died in a plane crash more ... Being a mom demands that you get back to life. I give my children so much credit for helping me carry on. ' ...

That kind of figures when the legend overtakes the man, when the death overtakes the life. But doesn’t make it right. So tomorrow say a prayer in the memory of Thurman Munson. Celebrate his life.

Munson's widow, Diana, grew up with Thurman at Lehman when Canton had four high schools. Rivalries came to life on all-city-night basketball games, in which everyone from McKinley knew Lehman's ...

Before Thurman Munson died in a 1979 plane crash, he was an American League MVP. He hit .373 in 16 World Series games as New York Yankees catcher and captain. Throughout his life, Munson was a ...