Turkey Stearnes
(1901-1979)

American Hall of Fame baseball player – Turkey Stearnes was born in Nashville (Consolidated city-county in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, and the state capital of Tennessee) on May 8th, 1901 and died in Detroit (City in and county seat of Wayne County, Michigan, United States) on September 4th, 1979 at the age of 78. Today Turkey Stearnes would be 122 years old.

Age

how old was Turkey Stearnes when he died?

Turkey Stearnes died in 1979 at the age of 78.

Biographical data

Birthday	May 8th, 1901 (Wednesday)
Place of Birth	Nashville Consolidated city-county in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, and the state capital of Tennessee
Death Date	September 4th, 1979 (Tuesday)
Death place	Detroit City in and county seat of Wayne County, Michigan, United States
Birth sign (Zodiac)	Taurus (The Bull) ♉
Chinese Zodiac	Ox 牛

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Turkey Stearnes

Birthday

When was Turkey Stearnes born?

Turkey Stearnes was born on May 8th, 1901.

Death

When did Turkey Stearnes die?

Turkey Stearnes died on September 4th, 1979 at the age of 78 in Detroit (City in and county seat of Wayne County, Michigan, United States). Today Turkey Stearnes would be 122 years old.