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DiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999

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Personal name headingDiMaggio, Joe, 1914-1999
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Variant(s)DiMaggio, Joseph Paul, 1914-1999
Di Maggio, Joe, 1914-1999
Joltin' Joe, 1914-1999
Yankee Clipper, 1914-1999
Birth date19141125
Death date19990308
Place of birthMartinez, Calif.
Place of deathHollywood, Fla.
Field of activityBaseball
AffiliationNew York Yankees (Baseball team)
Profession or occupationCenter fielders (Baseball)
Found inHis Lucky to be a Yankee, 1946.
Washington Post, March 9, 1999: obit. (died March 8, 1999; aged 84 years; Joltin' Joe has left and gone away)
Biog. & geneal. mater index online, Feb. 13, 2002 (DiMaggio, Joe (1914- ); DiMaggio, Joe (1914-1999))
Brittanica online, Feb. 13, 2002 (DiMaggio, Joe; b. Nov. 25, 1914, Martinez, Calif.; d. March 8, 1999, Hollywood, Fla.)
Biog. Index, Feb. 13, 2002 (DiMaggio, Joe, baseball player)
Biog. resource center, Feb. 13, 2002 (Joe DiMaggio (American baseball player, 1914-1999); Also known as: Joseph Paul Di Maggio, Joltin' Joe, The Yankee Clipper, Joseph Paul DiMaggio)
Amer. nat'l biog. online, Feb. 13, 2002 (DiMaggio, Joe (25 Nov. 1914-9 Mar. 1999)
English Wikipedia website, viewed July 3, 2013 (Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio; Nov. 25, 1914--Mar. 8, 1999), born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio, nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper", was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career for the New York Yankees. He is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak (May 15-July 16, 1941), a record that still stands)