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Manny Gluck, 65, Dies; Yankee Vendor No. 1

From a NYT obit. Even someone who cares as little for baseball as I do has to recognize that this guy had a pretty good gig going, and makes for one of the better ways to be remembered.

Emanuel Gluck, a retired middle-school principal who had a rich alternate life as Yankee Stadium's longest-working vendor, signified by his No. 1 badge, died on May 12 at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia hospital in Manhattan. He was 65.

The cause was a heart attack, his wife, Sharyn, said.

Mr. Gluck, 6 feet 6 inches, was the tall guy with the booming bass voice at Gate 4. He was there for every opening day for 50 years, saw every perfect game ever pitched at Yankee Stadium and was on hand for 19 World Series, 10 of which the Yankees won.

Longevity has its privileges. Movie stars like Billy Crystal greeted him by name. His choice location, which his seniority allowed him to select, generated three times the sales of lesser gates. His wife would not say what he earned, but did volunteer that the Yankee Stadium job paid for their trips to gamble in Aruba and Las Vegas and to watch sports in stadiums around the country.