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Aaron's 85th birthday a celebration of a great life

MLB Network celebrates Black History Month and remembers Hank Aaron's career accomplishments

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Henry "Hank" Aaron was born in Alabama two years before Willie Mays, 85 years ago Tuesday. Now, all this time later, Aaron is as much the conscience and the soul of baseball as any man alive. But we don't just celebrate a great baseball life. We celebrate a great American life.