Deaths on October 11

Cory Lidle

Died on October 11, 2006

Cory Lidle, American baseball player (b. 1972)

Cory Fulton Lidle (March 22, 1972 – October 11, 2006) was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, Lidle played in Major League Baseball with the New York Mets, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees from 1997 to 2006. Lidle was killed when the small aircraft he owned crashed into a residential building in New York City.

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Deaths on October 11

Cory Lidle

Died on October 11, 2006

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