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About 2,500 people turned out for Robinson's funeral at New York's Riverside Church on October 27, 1972. Rev. Jesse Jackson enthusiastically recounted the events of Robinson's life and delivered the eulogy to a crowd that cheered more as though it was celebrating a ninth-inning home run than a funeral.

Oct 28, 1972 · Robinson, son of a Georgia sharecropper and grandson of a slave, died last Tuesday of heart attack at the age of 53 in Stamford, Conn. In recent years, he had been partly blinded by diabetes. He...

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Rev. Jesse L. Jackson gave the eulogy at Jackie Robinson’s funeral in 1972 and I closed the musical part of the services with the spiritual “I Told Jesus.” #onthisday , we remember the man who burst...

Apr 15, 1997 · Jackie Robinson was honored in a ceremony during the 1972 World Series. Two weeks later, on October 24, 1972, the legendary ball player died at his home in Stamford, Connecticut from a second heart attack.

Robinson became the first African-American inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. He later published his autobiography, I Never Had It Made (1972). Jackie Robinson died of a heart attack in Stamford, Connecticut, on October 24, 1972, at the age of 53.

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Oct 27, 1972 · Funeral services for Robinson, who died Tuesday of a heart attack at his home in Stamford, Conn., will be held at noon today at the Riverside Church.

[80] [255] Robinson's funeral service on October 27, 1972, at Upper Manhattan's Riverside Church in Morningside Heights, attracted 2,500 mourners. [258] [259] Many of his former teammates, other famous baseball players, and basketball star Bill Russell served as pallbearers, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson gave the eulogy.