Jim Becker, AP reporter who covered Jackie Robinson and an underdog Hawaii football team, dies at 98
Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army’s retaking ...
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Jim Becker, a long time journalist who had spent more than 40 years in journalism including a role as a national reporter for ...
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Jim Becker, legendary newsman who wrote about Farrington’s title-winning team, dies at 98
Jim Becker, an author and a newsman who covered numerous monumental events in history, died today at age 98. STAR-ADVERTISER / 2006 Jim Becker, an author and a newsman who covered numerous monumental ...
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Jim Becker, AP reporter who covered Jackie Robinson and an underdog Hawaii football team, dies at 98
Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson's big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army's retaking of Seoul during the Korean War, died Friday. He was 98.