Names in the News - Jan. 25, 1989
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Willie Wells, a shortstop in the Negro Leagues who was credited with teaching some of baseball’s finer points to Jackie Robinson, died of congenital heart failure in Austin, Tex. He was 82.
Willie Wells, a shortstop in the Negro Leagues who was credited with teaching some of baseball’s finer points to Jackie Robinson, died of congenital heart failure in Austin, Tex. He was 82.
