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RIP Roger Kahn

#1 Post by Vandal » Sat Feb 08, 2020 7:01 pm

Roger Kahn, elegant ‘Boys of Summer’ author, dies at 92
MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) — Roger Kahn, the writer who wove memoir and baseball and touched millions of readers through his romantic account of the Brooklyn Dodgers in “The Boys of Summer,” has died. He was 92.

He died Thursday at a nursing facility in Mamaroneck, a Westchester County suburb, son Gordon Kahn said.

“Roger Kahn loved the game and earned a place in the pantheon of baseball literature long ago. He will be missed, but his words will live on,” Major League Baseball said in a statement.

The author of 20 books and hundreds of articles, Kahn was best known for the 1972 best-seller that looked at his relationship with his father through their shared love of the Dodgers, an object of nostalgia for the many fans who mourned the team’s move to Los Angeles after the 1957 season.

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Re: RIP Roger Kahn

#2 Post by silverscreenselect » Sat Feb 08, 2020 8:13 pm

I think he outlived almost all the Boys of Summer. He and Roger Angell were the two best baseball writers of our times.

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