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Exclusive | Yogi Berra’s 1947 rookie jersey found at a Boys & Girls Club in Harlem being auctioned, expected to fetch $1 million

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Exclusive | Yogi Berra’s 1947 rookie jersey found at a Boys & Girls Club in Harlem being auctioned, expected to fetch million

This is a real catch. Yogi Berra’s game-worn, signed 1947 New York Yankees rookie jersey is on the auction block — and could fetch up to $1 million. The sale of the one-of-a-kind pinstriped piece of baseball history — which was rescued from the Boys & Girls Club in East Harlem — ain’t over until Nov. … Read more

Eddie Palmieri, Latin jazz musician and Grammy winner from East Harlem, dead at 88

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Eddie Palmieri, Latin jazz musician and Grammy winner from East Harlem, dead at 88

Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died. He was 88. Fania Records announced Palmieri’s death Wednesday evening. Palmieri’s daughter Gabriela told The New York Times that her father died earlier that day at his home in New Jersey after “an extended illness.” … Read more