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‘King Richard’ Director Reinaldo Marcus Green To Helm Roberto Clemente Biopic For Teton Ridge
#News #KingRichard #ReinaldoMarcusGreen #RobertoClementehttps://deadline.com/2026/07/king-richard-reinaldo-marcus-green-roberto-clemente-1236978101/
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One of the most complete players the game of baseball has ever seen, Roberto Clemente, died this day in 1972.
During the off-season Clemente spent much of his time involved in charity work. When the capital city of Nicaragua, was affected by a massive earthquake on December 23, 1972, Clemente set to work arranging emergency relief flights. He soon learned, however, that the aid packages on the first three flights had been diverted by corrupt officials of the Somoza government, never reaching the quake victims.
He decided to accompany a fourth flight, assuming that his presence would ensure that the aid would reach the survivors. The airplane he chartered for a New Year's Eve flight, a Douglas DC-7 cargo plane, had a history of mechanical problems and it also had an insufficient number of flight personnel, and it was overloaded by 4,200 pounds. It crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Isla Verde, Puerto Rico immediately after takeoff on December 31, 1972, due to engine failure.
Clemente and three others on the plane were never recovered.
The entire Pirates team attended Clemente's memorial service with the exception of his friend Manny Sanguillén. Instead, the Pirates catcher chose to dive into the waters where Clemente's plane had crashed in an effort to find his teammate.
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Roberto Clemente’s Family Sued Over Allegedly Double-Selling Ballplayer’s Life Story Rights
#Variety #News #LegendaryPictures #RobertoClementehttps://variety.com/2024/film/news/roberto-clemente-family-sued-life-rights-legendary-1236018134/
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Roberto Clemente Family Members And Agent Sued Over Alleged Resale Of Hall Of Famer’s Life Story
#News #CMGWorldwide #InsidethePark #Lawsuit #RobertoClemente #RobertoClementejrhttps://deadline.com/2024/05/roberto-clemente-lawsuit-life-story-rights-1235943055/
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‘Clemente’ Review: A Grounded and Emotional Documentary Tribute to a Legendary Athlete
#MovieReviews #Movies #Clemente #RobertoClemente #SXSW #SXSW2024 #SXSWFilmFestival -
RT @sunshineburgh: ON THIS DATE IN 1973, the Pirates retired No. 21. #RobertoClemente 50 years Today! @gemi6615 @Steeler_girl58 @kabibi99 @Steel_Legends @RonaldRoden4 @RonaldRoden4 https://t.co/r7iMBWvICN
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📚A book about the late Afro-Puerto Rican MLB legend Roberto Clemente was removed from the shelves of public school libraries in Florida's Duval County.
Take Action. Sign a PENAmerica letter here supporting the freedom to read: https://tinyurl.com/BookBanBT
#creepingfascism #bookbanning #stopbookbanning #robertoclemente #BookBans
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New cap from Ebbets Field Flannels to honor one of the all-time great baseball players and human beings #RobertoClemente
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A school district has reinstated children's books on baseball Hall of Famers Roberto Clemente and Hank Aaron after a review to see if they violate new Florida laws limiting discussions about race #crt #RobertoClemente #florida #histodons #mlb #baseball
https://www.axios.com/2023/02/23/roberto-clemente-book-reinstated-florida-crt -
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@zachvat This is sheer nonsense.
I never will forget the disdain expressed by people, esp. Republicans, over the then-Soviet Union's erasure and distortion of history to fit whatever narrative officials there were trying to achieve.
Damned if these same people didn't tear a page out of the USSR playbook and apply it to history/books today under the pretext of opposing "wokeism."
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A school district in Florida has removed a children's book on Latino baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente to see if it complies with a new state law limiting discussions about race. #robertoclemente #mlb #baseball #histodons #history #afrolatinos #florida
https://www.axios.com/2023/02/10/florida-school-district-book-roberto-clemente-crt
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I've been sharing my #photography lately. These #photos were taken in #HartfordCT on June 19, 2022.
They are all of #RobertoClementeField in #Hartford, which has one of the largest #PuertoRican populations in the #UnitedStates. #RobertoClemente is so beloved they dedicated this #baseball field to him.
These #photos are featured in my #PhotoBook, Scenes From #NewEngland. There's a link to the #book as well as my Instagram in my bio.
Feel free to drop me a message and #boosts are appreciated.
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“If you have an opportunity to make things better and you don’t, then you are wasting your time on Earth.” – Roberto Clemente
Photograph: Into The Dark Forest by Marvin Walter
#art #photography #nature #outdoors #forest #trees #autumn #fall #quotes #philosophy #dailyaffirmations #RobertoClemente