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September 14, 2026
January 25, 2023
DiMaggio was one of the very best right-handed hitters of all-time.
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He excluded Hollywood from Marilyn's funeral, feeling it was culpable.
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January 24, 2023
Joltin' Joe
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Joe sent fresh flowers twice or three times every week to Marilyn's grave for decades after she died.
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Joe sent daily fresh flowers to Marilyn's grave for decades after she died.
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Joe was briefly married to Marilyn Monroe, whose friend Jane Russell said Marilyn was planning to remarry Joe when she prematurely, unexpectedly died at age 36.
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October 1, 2022
September 30, 2022
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He missed the 1943, 1944, and 1945 seasons by serving honorably in World War II, and was disadvantaged as a right-handed hitter in a ballpark built with a short right-field fence for the left-handed Babe Ruth.
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February 4, 2021
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His career was a relatively short 13 years which kept him from becoming a leader in career statistics.
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September 28, 2020
September 27, 2020
Ernest Hemingway refers to DiMaggio as an example of greatness in The Old Man and the Sea.
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Hall of Fame
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"Joltin' Joe"
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