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Actor, Bill Dickey, was born William Malcolm Dickey on Jun 6, 1907 in Bastrop, LA. Dickey died at the age of 86 on Nov 12, 1993 in Little Rock, AR .

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Was Lou Gehrig's roommate and the first Yankee to know he had contracted amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He was the only active player to appear in The Pride of the Yankees (1942).

Made major league debut on 15 August 1928.

His uniform number 8 was retired by the Yankees after he became a coach. Berra was wearing it then and continued to do so throughout his career. When Berra retired the Yankees retired the number again for him. Their's was the first number retired twice by the same major league team.

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