Tributes paid to 'true giant' of baseball, Willie Mays

Baseball superstar Barry Bonds said Mays "helped shape who I am today".

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Mays was twice declared the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP) and won the World Series with the New York Giants in 1954.

His famous catch during the championship remains one of the most iconic plays ever seen in America’s so-called “national pastime”.

In addition to his on-field achievements, Mays embodied an attitude of "just keep playing and having fun", one former player told the BBC.

Nicknamed the “Say Hey Kid”, the centre fielder had been baseball’s oldest living Hall of Famer.

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