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- Without a doubt the most famous baseball player ever to come out of North Dakota, Maris was a talent who was judged unfairly throughout his career because of one glorious season. He came up in the pros with the Cleveland Indians, and was soon dealt to the Kansas City Athletics, but it was his third team, the greatest of them all, the New York Yankees, where he would find fame, infamy and controversy. Sure, Maris nipped Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs by one in 1961, but what most casual baseball fans don't know is that he also won the American League Most Valuable Player award in 1960, and he was arguably the best right fielder in New York Yankee history, so he was far from a one-year wonder. In 1961 when both he and his more popular teammate Mickey Mantle made the assault on the Babe's record, fans (and Yankee management) preferred Mantle to the reserved Maris to break the mark. When injuries prevented Mantle from reaching the record, Maris did so with the weight of not only the acerbic New York media on him, but the nation as well. Although the media coverage nearly drove him to a nervous breakdown, Maris did tie and break the mark, however was unfairly maligned with an asterisk besides his record because he had taken eight more games to break Ruth's record. This was the decree of then baseball Commissioner Ford Frick, who was Ruth's ghostwriter and one of his best friends. Maris would never really recover from the media onslaught after his record as injuries and perhaps the pressure from the media and fans took a toll on him. He finished his career with the St. Louis Cardinals, and as a regular helped them to a world championship and two National League pennants in the late 1960s. It would take years for Maris to get his due from the press and the fans, and fortunately for him, it happened before he died of cancer in 1985.
- Set Decorator
- Production Designer
- Actor
Bruce Weintraub was born on 28 February 1952 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a set decorator and production designer, known for The Natural (1984), Blow Out (1981) and Cruising (1980). He died on 14 December 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Heinz Suhr was born on 9 May 1904 in Kiel, Germany. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Die letzte Runde (1940), Krach im Vorderhaus (1941) and Abschied vom Frieden (1979). He was married to Hedda Björnson. He died on 14 December 1985 in East Berlin, East Germany.- Maria Korska was born on 3 October 1895 in Astrakhan, Astrakhan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Astrakhan, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Na jasnym brzegu (1921), Dziesieciu z Pawiaka (1931) and Tamara (1919). She died on 14 December 1985 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Director
- Actor
- Producer
Robin Lovejoy was born on 17 December 1923 in Labasa, Fiji. He was a director and actor, known for The Taming of the Shrew (1973), Adventure Unlimited (1965) and My First Wife (1984). He died on 14 December 1985 in Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Isobel Scaife was born on 27 June 1911 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Right Age to Marry (1935), Silver Top (1938) and The Belles of St. Clements (1936). She died on 14 December 1985 in Turnworth, Dorset, England, UK.
- Roman Stankiewicz was born on 7 July 1921 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Television Theater (1953), Camera Buff (1979) and Ubranie prawie nowe (1964). He died on 14 December 1985 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.