Emily Aaron (L-R), Billye Aaron and Hank Aaron attend the premiere of Lee Daniels’ “The Butler” at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Aug. 5, 2013, in New York City. (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Debby Wong)
Revered baseball legend Hank Aaron did not succumb to the novel coronavirus as many suspected, according to the autopsy report.
Henry Louis Aaron Jr., whose place on the Mount Rushmore of baseball legends is undisputable, passed away on Jan. 22, 2021. Because he died just two weeks after taking the first of the coronavirus vaccine at the esteemed Morehouse School of Medicine on Jan. 4, many reflexively, yet erroneously, assumed it was due to a bad reaction to the vaccine.
NEW YORK-AUG 5: (L-R) Emily Aaron, Hank Aaron and wife Billye attend the premiere of Lee Daniels’ “The Butler” at the Ziegfeld Theatre on August 5, 2013 in New York City. (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com/Debby Wong)
When baseball legend Hank Aaron died suddenly on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, some members of the Black community reacted with fear. Medical experts explained Aaron’s passing isn’t necessarily connected to him taking the coronavirus vaccine and hope it doesn’t deter minorities from getting inoculated.
African American luminaries such as Aaron, Ambassador Andrew Young, civil rights icon Xernona Clayton and others took the second novel coronavirus vaccine in a televised event at Atlanta University Center on Jan. 5.