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Legendary Pitcher Bob Gibson Has Cancer

(Omaha, NE)  --  Omaha native and baseball Hall of Famer Bob Gibson is revealing his fight with pancreatic cancer.  The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the 83-year-old St. Louis Cardinals pitching legend was diagnosed several weeks ago and informed other living Hall of Famers.  His agent says he has visited The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore and has been hospitalized in Omaha for the past two weeks.  His agent says chemotherapy is likely to begin today in Omaha.