The challenges of writing an intimate story on Kirby Puckett's last years were many. Says Laurie Hertzel: how do you profile someone who is already dead? how do you profile someone who is recently dead, and whose friends and families are still grieving? how do you profile someone who is recently dead and whose will is still in probate, being contested by fiancee vs ex wife? how do you profile someone who is recently dead and who has been written about endlessly — long magazine pieces, long newspaper pieces, books?
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"Late on a gray afternoon in April 2003, the door to courtroom 1053 of the Hennepin County Government Center swung…
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