Minnie Minoso, Chicago's First Black Big League Baseball Player Dies

  Minnie Minoso, Nicknamed the "Cuban Comet" who became Chicago’s first black major league baseball player when he signed on with the White Sox in 1951, has passed.  He was believed to be 90 years old. He was found unresponsive in the drivers seat at a gas station on Sunday. Minoso's family believes that the cause of death may have been a heart ailment.
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