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MLB star Vida Blue dies at age 73

By Jenny Goldsberry
Published May 7, 2023 11:53pm ET
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MLB star Vida Blue dies at age 73
This 1976 file photo shows Oakland A's Vida Blue, the hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball's biggest draws in the early 1970's and helped lead brash Oakland Athletics to three straight World Series titles. Blue has died. He was 73. The A's said Blue died Saturday, May 6, 2023 but did not give a cause of death. | (AP Photo)


Oakland Athletics announced Sunday that its star Vida Blue died at the age of 73.

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