Harmon Killebrew

On May 13, 2011, Twins great Harmon Killebrew announced that he was ending his battle with cancer, and entering hospice care, and announced that he was in his final days.
Just four days later, on the morning of May 17th, 2011, Harmon passed away to that big baseball diamond in the sky, to protect Bob Allison and Kirby Puckett in the Twins line up in heaven. May he rest in peace.
This was the statement Killebrew delivered, just days before his death:
""It is with profound sadness that I share with you that my continued battle with esophageal cancer is coming to an end," Killebrew said in a statement issued Friday. "With the continued love and support of my wife, Nita, I have exhausted all options with respect to controlling this awful disease. My illness has progressed beyond my doctors' expectation of cure.

"I have spent the past decade of my life promoting hospice care and educating people on its benefits. I am very comfortable taking this next step and experiencing the compassionate care that hospice provides.
I am comforted by the fact that I am surrounded by my family and friends. I thank you for the outpouring of concern, prayers and encouragement that you have shown me. I look forward to spending my final days in comfort and peace with Nita by my side."

Harmon hit 573 home runs in his career and is currently 11th on the all time home run list. Killebrew meant more to the Twins franchise than words can express.
May God bless you, Harmon!

Song: Harmon Killebrew - Jeff Arundel

*LYRICS*

Thinking back to another time
Fourth of July in '69
Pop dropped the top on the Pontiac, and we drove on down.
Down Cedar Avenue
To the place where the home runs flew
We had a few miles left to go
I heard Halsey Hall on the radio
And even with the volume down, it was so near that I
Could hear the sound of that rumble in the air..

Harmon Killebrew, did you ever get my letter?
Ten pages of clear blue sky
Green diamonds and days gone by, I wonder why
Those days are going going gone... gone... gone...

I used to hate to hear my dad complain
By the way the world has changed
Now I find that I'm doing the same as the years go by
I went back to the prairie to the diamond grounds
For one last look before they tore it down
So they could put up a mall with a merry-go-round
Like there ain't enough shopping malls in this town.



Someone turn the volume down
'Cause I just wanna hear the sound of Sunday afternoon

Harmon Killebrew, did you ever get my letter?
Ten pages of clear blue sky
Green diamonds and days gone by, I wonder why
Those days are going going gone...

*RADIO EXCERPTS*

Harmon Killebrew, did you ever get my letter?
Ten pages of clear blue sky
Harmon Killebrew, I need things to get better
These days are going, going, gone.....gone.... gone.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Twins
• Baseball
• Harmon Killebrew
• Jeff Arundel

[TheRaspberryFlavored]

I'm his 3rd cousin or something...

[Rachelizabeth47]

@TheRaspberryFlavored That's pretty cool! Wish I was related to Harmon!!

[jokerman5000]

Thanks so much for the video. It brought a tear to my eye. Takes me back to when I was a kid, cheering for Harmon and Tony-O at the old Met... Sad to see those days going, going, gone.

[Rachelizabeth47]

@jokerman5000 Thanks for the comment! Glad you liked it :)

[kpederson1]

Thank you for the great video. I think the "Hawk" that Halsey Hall refers to is Ken "The Hawk" Harrelson. 

[Rachelizabeth47]

@kpederson1 I figured it out, he's saying Halsey Hall... lol.

[btelsh]

Very touching video. MN sports just had a terrible and somber day. It's nice to remember the good things.

[rossob01]

I began following Harmon as a youngster in Washington DC before the Senators moved to Minnesota. Rather than finding another local idol I became, and still am, a Twins fan. Heroes like Harmon are hard to find these days. Great tribute. Thanks for posting it.

[Rachelizabeth47]

@TheAmericanidiot9 Why thank you :)

[TheAmericanidiot9]

A lovely tribute

[Rachelizabeth47]

@kpederson1 I don't think Hawk ever did the Twins on the radio :)

I emailed the booth about it. Maybe they'll select my question.