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...described as disinformation, made it seem as though baseball had given him a gold watch and a retirement party. "For some years now I have been preparing to turn over the operation of the Yankees to my sons and sons- in-law," read Steinbrenner's statement. "My son Hank, subject to league approvals, will become general partner at this time...
...hopelessly out of date. There are so many other, newer conundrums in the secret-infested town of Twin Peaks. Like who is the one-armed man and how did he really lose his arm? What was the relationship between Laura and the creepy psychiatrist, Dr. Jacoby? What has Hank Jennings got on Josie Packard...
...viewers last week, was sudden and mystifying. One minute a college basketball star -- one of the most promising in the U.S. -- was playing at the top of his form. The next he lay crumpled on the court, dying of apparent heart failure at age 23. But long before Hank Gathers' death, there were warning signals. The Philadelphia-born senior at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles had suffered a similar collapse three months earlier. He was diagnosed as having a heart-rhythm abnormality, treated with medication and cleared to play...
...skipped his stress-test appointment the week before his death and may have stopped taking his medication altogether -- an omission that could have increased the risk of heart failure. "He was told not to play," the unnamed doctor said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. "We told Hank that if he wanted to live the best, he shouldn't exercise. ((But)) Hank Gathers was going to play basketball. It didn't matter what some doctor told him." Bo Kimble, one of Gathers' teammates and best friends, disagrees. Says he: "I'm sure that if Hank knew that...
...serious heart problem. The school took him off the roster. Penny sued Dr. Sands for $1 million and ended up immigrating to England to pursue a career in semi-pro basketball. Two weeks ago, during a game in Manchester, he fell down on the court and, like Hank Gathers, died...