Roberto Clemente died on the night of December 31st, 1972 in a plane crash.
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Shortly after take off on December 31, 1972 while flying relief supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua the plane carrying Roberto Clemente and four other crashed. In 1973 the Baseball's Writer Association waived the customary five-year wait and voted Roberto Clemente into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Roberto Clemente was 38 years old when he died in a plane crash. Born August 1934 died December 1972
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