The legendary “Bum” died today at the age of 84. Here‘s the Richard Goldstein obituary from the NY Times. Guarantee there will be front page mention of this tomorrow.
Snider collaborated on his autobiography, The Duke Of Flatbush, with Bill Gilbert in 1988.
Other titles include:
- The Duke Snider Story
, by Winehouse (1964)
- Duke Snider
, by Bjarkman (1994)
- The Occurrences of Duke Snider
, by Dejasu (1980)
- Mays, Mantle, and Snider: A Celebration
, By Honig (1987; I always felt kind of badly that he was always third in the “who’s best” argument among New York fans back in the 1950s.)

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