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Politicians, actors, and current and former professional athletes took to Twitter to remember the especially quotable man (known for his Yogisms), who played with the Yankees from 1946-63, helping the club reach the World Series 14 times and win 10 titles. > [](https://twitter.com/Sethrogen/status/646673623613358080) > [](https://twitter.com/MikeBloomberg/status/646669510318129152) > [](https://twitter.com/SamuelLJackson/status/646572849906384896) > [](https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/646658079489138688) > [](https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/646585306725134336) > [](https://twitter.com/davidortiz/status/646665013072146432) > [](https://twitter.com/BMcCarthy32/status/646571264941789184) > [](https://twitter.com/RealCJ10/status/646580912667381760) > [](https://twitter.com/DaveWinfieldHOF/status/646573379072364544) _Read next:_ [Yogi Berra Was An American All-Timer](http://time.com/4045969/yogi-berra-dead-appreciation/) ### See Photos From Yogi Berra’s First Years in the Major Leagues  Yogi Berra, 1949. George Silk & Bernard Hoffman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Yogi remembers his mask as he leaves the dugout for the June 24th game with Detroit. He knocked in four of Yankee's five runs with a double and a homer. Bernard Hoffman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Yogi Berra with his wife Carmen at home, 1949. George Silk & Bernard Hoffman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Yogi relaxes with type of reading he likes next best to comic books. He once asked a teammate studying a medical textbook, "How did it come out?" George Silk—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Yogi Berra playing cards with his wife, Carmen, 1949. George Silk & Bernard Hoffman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Baseball player Yogi Berra relaxing at home, 1949. George Silk—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Yogi Berra, 1949. George Silk & Bernard Hoffman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Yogi Berra, 1949. Bernard Hoffman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Yogi Berra, 1949. George Silk & Bernard Hoffman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Devoted wife Carmen, who is 22, a former waitress, busses Yogi before he leaves for clubhouse. They expect a little rookie about Christmas time. George Silk—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images ## Transcript New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra has died. The Yogi Berra museum made the announcement. The Yankees organization released a short statement saying, " We are deeply saddened by the loss of a Yankees legend and American hero, Yogi Berra ." Berra was nothing short of a major league baseball legend. His baseball career started in 1943 with the Norfolk Tars, but was put on hold at the start of World War II. Vera enlisted in the Navy and later returned to baseball in 1946. And by the time his career was done, the catcher was a 15 time all- star, ten time World Series champion, and three time league MVP. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. And as much of a character as he was on the field He was just as much off of it. [ UNKNOWN ] I talked to him. I said, What the hell are you swinging at that ball for? You don't hit it. He said, Well, you used to swing at it. I said, I hit it. You don't. His way with words Words inspired the term Yogisms also known as taking the long repetitive form of describing something. " And it's less filling than it would've been if it was more filling than they didn't want it to be ." 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