A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. If there is a better example of small-town-boy-makes-it-big than Harmon Killebrew, that would be an amazing story to tell ...

Washington Nationals Managing Principal Owner Theodore N. Lerner issued the following statement today regarding the passing of Harmon Killebrew at the age of 74: "For baseball fans and Washingtonians ...

On this day, 55 years ago, Minnesota Twins legend and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew hit the longest home run ever at the old Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. “Hammerin’ ...

Harmon Killebrew's Hall of Fame career as one of the most powerful sluggers baseball has known was merely a subplot to his story as family and friends gathered to say goodbye in Peoria, Ariz. What ...

Harmon Killebrew's moniker, "Killer," was more than just a play on his last name. It was an ironic perfect fit, the way the quietest person is called "Gabby" and the biggest guy in the class is called ...

According to breaking news on SI.com, Harmon Killebrew has died. Less than one week after announcing he was entering hospice care to finish out his life after a battle with esophageal cancer, the ...

The most prolific professional athlete ever to come out of the state of Idaho passes away at the age of 74. There was no brighter beacon from the Gem State in pro sports than Harmon Killebrew — on so ...

It's a sad day for fans of the Minnesota Twins with the news that baseball great Harmon Killebrew has died. Bloggers from the Areavoices community remember the slugger whose silhouette, according to ...

The Areavoices.com community remembers Twins slugger Harmon Killebrew. who died Tuesday. Goethe's sports blog: Killebrew always seemed worthy of more appreciation Twins Focus: I never have and am sure ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Harmon Killebrew, the affable, big-swinging Hall of Famer whose tape-measure home runs made him the cornerstone of the Minnesota Twins, died today at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz., after ...