BALTIMORE (AP) - May 12, 2009 The Orioles great revealed that he had the illness Tuesday
during a luncheon for the American Cancer Society in Baltimore.
The 71-year-old Robinson says the disease was detected "very
early" and he had 39 radiation treatments.
"I feel healthy and fine ... ," he said.
Considered one of the great fielders of all-time, Robinson spent
23 years in the Orioles organization, retiring in 1977. He was
inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983.
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