Photos: Baseball legend Willie Mays dies

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Photos: Baseball legend Willie Mays dies

A look at the life of baseball legend Willie Mays, who died Tuesday at age 93.

Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays, left, receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Washington. Mays died Tuesday at age 93. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Barack Obama awards Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Hank Aaron, right, chats with New York Mets' Willie Mays on June 2, 1972 before the Mets-Braves game at New York's Shea Stadium.(AP Photo/Dave Pickoff)

Willie Mays of the then New York Giants makes a catch in the first game of the 1954 World Series in New York's Polo Grounds on Sept. 29, 1954. The catch in deep center robbed Vic Wertz of the Cleveland Indians of a triple and held two runners on base. (AP Photo)

Giants' owner Horace Stoneham, right, smiles broadly as he watches centerfielder Willie Mays sign a contract with the San Francisco club, estimated to contain a figure of $65,000 in San Francisco, Jan. 6, 1958. (AP Photo)

Hall of Famer Willie Mays speaks during dedication ceremonies for the Hank Aaron Childhood Home and Museum at Hank Aaron Stadium Wednesday, April 14, 2010, in Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Michelle Rolls-Thomas)

New York Mets' Willie Mays, center, shows John F. Kennedy Jr., left, the proper grip on the bat June 3, 1972, in the dugout at New York's Shea Stadium. (AP Photo, File)

Young fans attempt to catch attention of Willie Mays, retiring New York Mets outfielder, prior to second game at World Series in Oakland, California on Oct. 14, 1973. (AP Photo)

San Francisco Giants Hall of Famer Willie Mays, left, is hugged by Rev. Jesse Jackson, right, during a dedication of the Willie Mays Boys & Girls Club in San Francisco's Hunters Point area, Tuesday, July 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

New York Giants outfielder Willie Mays slides over home plate as he scores from second in the sixth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at the Polo Grounds in New York City, April 17, 1952. (AP Photo)

Willie Mays of the New York Mets connects with a Steve Carlton pitch in the 8th inning for a two-run home run in Philadelphia on Sunday, May 21, 1972. (AP Photo)

Baseball greats Hank Aaron, left, and Willie Mays attend the private screening of the movie "Tron" in New York City in July 1988. (AP Photo/Frankie Ziths)

Bleacher fans welcome Giants star Willie Mays, center, back to the Polo Grounds as he left centerfield clubhouse for the San Francisco-New York Mets game, June 2, 1962, New York. (AP Photo)

From right, Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and Montreal Expos manager Frank Robinson share a joke during a ceremony recognizing baseball players who have hit at least 600 home runs, Friday, Aug. 23, 2002. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Baseball great Willie Mays took on a new role on Thursday, Dec. 8, 1977 as Santa Claus during a party at a New York restauran. (AP Photo/David Pickoff)

Fancy footwork is displayed by Willie Mays of the New York Giants as he sprints all the way from first to third on an infield put in sixth inning of game on Tuesday, May 22, 1957 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Harry Hall)

Willie Mays, right, batting great of the Giants and Mets, gets together with home run record hitter Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves, during Old timers Day festivities at Dodger Stadium on Sunday, July 6, 1980 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)

New York Giants' Willie Mays, takes a batting practice swing on June 24, 1954, in New York. (AP Photo/John Lent)

San Francisco Giants Hall of Famer Willie Mays speaks with actress Brooke Shields in the dugout prior to a San Francisco Giants game against the Colorado Rockies, Saturday, June 1, 2002, in San Francisco.(AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Willie Mays, acting as a pinchhitter with the bases loaded, hits a chop for a single to score Felix Millan from third in fifth inning of final playoff game Wednesday, Oct. 10, 1973. Cathcher is Johnny Bench and umpire is Bruce Froemming. (AP Photo)

San Francisco Giants Hall of Fame outfielder Willie Mays waves to the crowd, as the team honors him on the day after his 90th birthday, Friday, May 7, 2021, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron)

Willie Mays, New York Giants outfielder, runs past a couple on youthful admirers as he leaves field at end of game on Sept. 26, 1954 in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/WGI)

Claire Ruth, widow of baseball's all-time home run king Babe Ruth, and New York Mets' Willie Mays sit beside each other in New York, Nov. 2, 1972 during luncheon honoring some of the great stars of sports featured in the newly published book, "The Sports Immortals". (AP Photo/Ron Frehm)

San Francisco Giants' Willie Mays is out at home plate under the tag of Del Crandall, Milwaukee Braves catcher, after trying to score from first base on Orlando Cepeda's single to right in the first inning at Milwaukee County Stadium, Wis., June 4, 1959. (AP Photo)

San Francisco Giants centerfielder Willie Mays connects for his 512th home run off Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Claude Osteen, hereby setting a new National League record, in the fifth inning of their game on May 4, 1966, in San Francisco, California. (AP Photo)

New York Mets Willie Mays, left, finds himself neck and neck with the Atlanta Braves' Hank Aaron, playing first base during game at New York's Shea Stadium, June 3, 1972. Mays had just received walk landing him on first. (AP Photo)

New York Mets' Willie Mays screams on his knees as Mets' manager Yogi Berra (8) runs toward umpire Augie Donatelli following a controversial play at home plate in the tenth inning of the second World Series game against the Oakland A's in Oakland, Calif., Oct. 14, 1973. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty)

Atlanta Braves' Hank Aaron (44) and New York Mets' Willie Mays (24) talk during batting practice before the Mets' "Old Timers Day" game at Shea Stadium in New York, July 14, 1979. (AP Photo/Harry Harris)

Hank Aaron, Johnny Bench, Sandy Koufax and Willie Mays are introduced during a Tribute to Greatest Living Players before the MLB All-Star baseball game, Tuesday, July 14, 2015, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Two living legends from New York sports history make their entrance from Shea Stadiums centerfield area in New York on Saturday, June 29, 1975 during the Mets Old Timers Day ceremonies. The numbers of course belong to Willie Mays (24) of the Giants and Mets and hall of famer Joe DiMaggio (5) of the Yankees. (AP Photo/Harry Harris)

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Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays, left, receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Washington. Mays died Tuesday at age 93. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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