1993 – The last surviving member of the St. Louis Cardinals’ “Gashouse Gang” passes away. 83-year old Burgess Whitehead dies from a heart attack in Windsor, North Carolina. Whitehead served the Cardinals as a backup in 1934, when they won the World Series.

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1993 – The last surviving member of the St. Louis Cardinals’ “Gashouse Gang” passes away. 83-year old Burgess Whitehead dies from a heart attack in Windsor, North Carolina. Whitehead served the Cardinals as a backup in 1934, when they won the World Series.