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CONUS Archive
58761
MICKEY MANTLE FUNERAL (8/15/1995)
DALLAS, TEXAS
PKG/NO TAG
8/15/1995
28:30
2:35
Dallas, TX Reverend William Jennings, Lovers Lane Methodist Church Bobby Murcer, Former Yankee Eddie Robinson, Former Yankee Governor George W.Bush, (R) Texas Bob Costas, Broadcaster John Hammarley, Reporting
FUZZY RPTR TRACK!! SOTS. SHOTS OF FANS. SHOTS OF COFFIN IN CHURCH. FILE OF MANTLE PLAYING BASEBALL (CONUS cannot license).
MORE THAN ANY OF THE BASEBALL FEATS THAT MADE MICKEY MANTLE A HOUSEHOLD NAME, IT WAS THE BRUTAL HONESTY AND POIGNANT MESSAGES OF HIS LAST DAYS THAT ADMIRERS REMEMBERED DURING TUESDAY'S FUNERAL. AN OVERFLOW CROWD OF 2-THOUSAND FILLED LOVERS LANE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH TO SAY FAREWELL TO THE MICK. EACH SEEMED TO STILL BE HEARING THE FRAIL MANTLE SAYING ..."DON'T BE LIKE ME" AND THAT IF "YOU REALLY WANT TO DO SOMETHING GREAT, BE A DONOR!! THOSE BITS OF ADVICE WERE AMONG THE LAST WORDS FROM MANTLE BEFORE HIS DEATH SUNDAY FROM LIVER CANCER. MANTLE'S 63-YEARS INCLUDED DECADES OF HARD DRINKING, AN ESTRANGED RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS WIFE AND BEING MORE OF A DRINKING BUDDY THAN A FATHER TO HIS FOUR SONS. HUNDREDS OF ARRANGEMENTS WERE SENT, INCLUDING SEVERAL MANTLE'S JERSEY NUMBER DURING 18 YEARS WITH THE YANKEES. THOSE WHO WEREN'T INSIDE THE CHURCH WEBT TI TWI AUXILIARY ROOMS TO WATCH THE SERVICE ON T-V. OTHERS SAT IN AN OUTDOOR COURTYARD AND HEARD THE SERVICE OVER LOUDSPEAKERS. FOLLOWING THE SERVICE, MANTLE'S COFFIN WAS PLACED INSIDE A SILVER HEARSE FOR THE TRIP TO THE CRYPT. THERE HE WAS PLACED ALONG SIDE HIS SON, BILLY, WHO DIED LAST YEAR. MANTLE DIED OF RAPIDLY SPREADING LIVER CANCER.
LEAD: MORE THAN ANY OF THE BASEBALL FEATS THAT MADE MICKEY MANTLE A HOUSEHOLD NAME, IT WAS THE BRUTAL HONESTY AND POIGNANT MESSAGES OF HIS LAST DAYS THAT ADMIRERS REMEMBERED DURING TUESDAY'S FUNERAL. REPORTER JOHN HAMMARLEY HAS THE STORY.
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