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Baseball Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson dies

File photo: Sparky Anderson, April 16, 1995, managing the Detroit Tigers in an exhibition game against the St. Louis Cardinals.
File photo: Sparky Anderson, April 16, 1995, managing the Detroit Tigers in an exhibition game against the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson has died.

A Family spokesman says Anderson died from complications from dementia.

Anderson guided the Cincinnati Reds to World Series championships in 1975 and '76 and then led the Detroit Tigers to the 1984 title.

Sparky Anderson was 76.