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Hank Aaron, home-run-hitting baseball great, dead at 86

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 By Ethan Sacks and David K. Li  Hank Aaron, whose enormous swing took him from a destitution stricken segment of Mobile, Alabama, to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, has kicked the bucket.  He was 86.  Aaron played 21 of his 23 seasons for the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves, and Braves Chairman Terry McGuirk said he was grief stricken by the passing of baseball's one-time homer lord.  "We are totally crushed by the death of our dearest Hank. He was a signal for our association first as a player, at that point with player improvement, and consistently with our local area endeavors," McGuirk said Friday in an explanation.  "His unfathomable ability and resolve assisted him with accomplishing the most noteworthy achievements, yet he never lost his modest nature. Henry Louis Aaron wasn't only our symbol, however one across Major League Baseball and around the globe."  Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms called Aaron's passing "an impressive misfo...