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Who was Jim Becker? AP Journalist who covered Jackie Robinson's Major League debut dies at 98Jim Becker, a long time journalist who had spent more than 40 years in journalism including a role as a national reporter for the Associated Press (AP), died at age 98 in Honolulu due to natural ...
Jim Becker, AP reporter who covered Jackie Robinson and an underdog Hawaii football team, dies at 98
HONOLULU — (AP) — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking of Seoul during the Korean War, died Friday.
Jim Becker at his surprise 98th birthday party last August. Becker would say the editors ripped out all the news and put this story on the front page. The lead story of that day was “Two flee ...
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