Names in the News - Dec. 18, 1990
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Abe Rose, who gave Hall of Famers Frank Robinson, Joe Morgan and Willie Stargell an early opportunity in sports through a youth baseball program, has died at 81. Rose, who founded the Oakland Young America program, died Saturday after a long illness.
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