Thurman Lee Munson was an American professional baseball catcher who played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball with the New York Yankees, from 1969 until his death in 1979. A seven-time All-Star, Munson had a career batting average of .292 with 113 home runs and 701 runs batted in.

What were Thurman Munson's last words?

Hall said in his deposition that Munson's last words were “Help me, Dave. '' The two men could not free Munson and fled as smoke and flames entered the cockpit.

When and how did Thurman Munson die?

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The stunning death of legendary Yankees catcher Thurman Munson in a plane crash on August 2, 1979, still resonates all these years later. Munson was using his Cessna Citation to commute between New York and Canton, Ohio, where his family lived.