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- Gary Carter, an 11-time All-Star, 3-time Gold Glover and World Series winning catcher, has passed away due to complications from four malignant brain tumors on February 16th, 2012. He is survived by his wife Sandy Carter, his daughters Kimmy and Christy, his son DJ and many grandchildren.
Though he played for 19 years with the New York Mets, Montreal Expos, San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers - he is perhaps most well known for his game-winning single against the Houston Astros while playing for the Mets in the 1986 NLCS. Those Mets would go on to defeat the Boston Red Sox for his first and only World Series title. Though he wanted to be inducted into the Hall of Fame as both an Expo and a Met, the Hall makes that call and chose to make Gary the Expos' first hall of famer.
Gary Carter was born and raised in Fullerton, California where he attended Sunny Hills High School and played football as a quarterback and baseball as an infielder. It was also in Fullerton that Gary met his future wife Sandy, where she studied at Fullerton College. Gary and Sandy were married in 1975 and had their first child, Kimmy, in October of 1980.
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Sandy,
I hope you remeber me. I wanted you to know I had continaully prayed for Gary. As painful as it is, I know what you are going through. My brother-in-law had the same condition, and unfortunatley did not live long. There is no doubt in my mind that Gary is with the Lord. He is in His precence and you know you will be re-united again. As for know, God still has a plan for your life. Ask Him and seek it. I pray the our Lord Jesus Chist grant you and your family peace, wisdom, and understanding of his will. My prayers wil not cease. If I can do anything for you, even to just help you understand God's will and word, just e-mail me. For what its worth, before I went back to college I was studing to be a minister. But that was not His will for me. I remain in His service and have been blessed to help others through difficult times. He lead me through some extreme trials, but thats how one learns to help others...through empathy. Stay strong and cling to the Lord He will in no way turn you away. With may deepest sympathy, Rick P.
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