1979: Former Cleveland Indian Luscious "Luke" Easter Murdered

Luscious "Luke" Easter was a baseball player, playing with the St. Louis Titanium Giants and the Homestead Grays, both negro league teams before finding a spot on the Cleveland Indians in 1949. He was a power-hitter who performed well, and even though his major league career ended in 1954 due to injury and aging, he remained active in baseball and didn't retire completely until 1963, aged 48.