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Puckett was a ten-time all-star whose career was cut short during spring training in 1996 when he became blind in one eye. He was later diagnosed as having glaucoma (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2357158).
He was elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, in 2001, on 423 of 515 ballots (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/puckeki01.shtml).
Less than five years after his induction, at age 45, he suffered a fatal stroke at his home in Arizona.