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FILE - In this March 6, 2006, file photo, Team USA coach John McLaren, left, presents supervisor of umpires Steve Palermo, right, with a statue he bought with Palermo in mind several years ago in Venezuela, as manager Buck Martinez, center, looks on during practice in Phoenix. Former big league umpire Palermo, whose accomplished career ended when he was shot trying to break up a robbery in 1991, has died. He was 67. (AP Photo/Paul Connors, File)

Former MLB umpire Palermo dies at 67; shooting ended career

By BEN WALKER - Associated Press