As he approached the casket to pay his respects to Ernie Banks, a steady flow of memories came rushing back to Billy Williams. There were so many from their Hall of Fame careers with the Chicago Cubs and their decades of friendship. ''People not only here in Chicago but people around the world recognize the type of individual he was,'' Williams said. The city and the Cubs took the unprecedented step of taking the statue out of storage - where it been kept while the ballpark is renovated - and putting it on public display away from its usual home.
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