Just six days after receiving the ultimate honor of his Hall of Fame election, Leon Day died on March 13, 1995, at age 78. In memoriam, artist Ron Lewis created this tribute with Day and Satchel Paige meeting up in heaven, above 20 then-living legends who bestowed their blue-Sharpie "10" signatures: Buck Leonard, Bill Cash, Monte Irvin, Armando Vazquez, Josh Johnson, Joe Black, Warren Peace, Russell Awkward, Sam Jethroe, Verdell Mathis, Max Manning, Wilmer Fields, Stanley Glenn, Gene Benson, Mahlon Duckett, Al Wilmore, Nap Gulley, Buck O'Neil, Edsall Walker and Wilmer Harris. The 24x30 piece is EX-MT and also signed by Lewis. Auction LOA from JSA.
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