American baseball legend Yogi Berra, said to have inspired the cartoon character Yogi Bear, has died at the age of 90.
The Yogi Berra Museum announced that the Hall of Fame catcher had died on Tuesday evening.
Berra
spent almost all of his 19-year career with the New York Yankees. He
was a three-time Most Valuable Player and 13-time World Series champion.
He was also known for his humorous and paradoxical quotes.
They included "it ain't over till it's over" and "it's like deja-vu all over again".
Yogi Berra's greatest quotes
It's like deja-vu all over again
It ain't the heat; it's the humility
Baseball is 90% mental - the other half is physical
You give 100% in the first half of the game. And if that isn't enough, in the second half, you give what's left
I never said most of the things I said... Take it with a grin of salt
If you don't know where you're going, you might end up some place else
He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious
When you come to a fork in the road, take it
I always thought that record would stand until it was broken
If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be
Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't go to yours
Tributes have already begun to pour in from the world of baseball.
The New York Yankees tweeted simply: "We have lost an icon."
Major League Baseball tweeted: "We mourn the passing of Yankees icon and Hall of Famer Yogi Berra." LA Angels slugger Shane Victorino tweeted:
"My thoughts and prayers to the Berra Family!!! Yogi you were an icon
and legend to us all who play this amazing game of baseball."
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William Hanna (R) and Joseph Barbera with Yogi Bear - Berra launched a lawsuit, but later withdrew it
Berra launched a defamation lawsuit over the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Yogi Bear, although he later withdrew it.
The management said the name was a coincidence, but it was widely believed he was the inspiration.
Berra
is said to have been given the nickname Yogi by a friend who saw him
sitting cross-legged and looking like a meditating yogi.
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