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… ...

The three children of Thurman Munson share priceless memories as the stadium named after him in Canton is rededicated.

Ray Negron, who knew Thurman Munson and lives around the Yankees, compares "The Captain" to Aaron Judge in advance of an annual dinner in Canton.

Thurman Munson's children were 4, 7 and 9 when they lost him. At the ages of 46, 50 and 52, they remember him in their separate ways and, as a family, with bittersweet joy. Mike, the youngest ...

It's been 40 years since Thurman Munson died, but the shock remains as powerful as ever.

Forty years ago, on Aug. 2, 1979, an aircraft bearing the numbers NY15 crashed short of the runway at Akron-Canton Airport, about 50 miles south of Cleveland. The pilot, Yankees captain Thurman ...

A baseball is pristine shape and signed by late Yankees great Thurman Munson sold at auction this month. The Northeast Ohio native was at a store event in Massillon when he signed the ball more ...

NEW YORK - A Manhattan auction of Yankees memorabilia will include a Whitey Ford baseball signed by President John F. Kennedy. Thurman Munson's 1978 World Series captain's trophy also will be part ...

The widow of tragic baseball star Thurman Munson who died in a plane crash more than 40 years ago has reached out to Kobe Bryant's wife saying: 'I wish I could hug her.' Diana Munson lost her 32 ...

BOISE, Idaho — THIS DAY IN SPORTS…August 2, 1979: Thurman Munson, at that time the heart and soul of the New York Yankees, dies in a private plane crash at the age of 32.