Six hundred feet short of the runway and decades before his time, Thurman Lee Munson died a quarter of a century ago in the fiery wreckage of a blue pinstriped jet. He was 32 years old. Munson was ...

CANTON, Ohio - Six hundred feet short of the runway and decades before his time, Thurman Lee Munson died a quarter of a century ago in the fiery wreckage of a blue pinstriped jet. He was 32 years old.

Last night, I went to a party at Rutgers University. I wore the #15 Munson Jersey Shirt, in memory of Thurman, whom I wish I could have one day met.

The pilot, Yankees captain Thurman Munson, could not be freed before the Cessna twin-engine turbojet burst into flames. The news of the 32-year-old All-Star catcher’s death stunned the baseball ...

Watch a WCBS tribute to Thurman Munson on the 10-year anniversary of his death Thurman Munson would spend hours in his office at home, doodling on a legal pad, conducting business and making plans.

Diana Munson never left Canton, Ohio, the town in which Thurman was raised, the home to which he returned on an offday in 1979. Ohio is home. The family house is there and so are so many memories.

After a while Thurman Munson doesn't say anything to the batters, and Gator, he's free and clear. ... But that blue-and-white-checked shirt—she kept that. I go to Catfish Hunter's farm in ...