REST IN PEACE HANK AARON: HOME RUN KING DIES AT 86

Major League Baseball legend Hank Aaron has died at the age of 86.

Aaron’s 755 career home runs long stood as baseball's golden mark.

Aaron still holds major league records for RBIs (2,297), total bases (6,856) and extra-base hits (1,477), and he ranks among MLB's best in hits (3,771, third all time), games played (3,298, third) and runs scored (2,174, fourth).

Aaron broke Babe Ruth's hallowed home run mark less than a week into the 1974 season, slugging his record 715th off Dodgers left-hander Al Downing in the fourth inning as 50,000-plus fans celebrated in Atlanta.

He was the National League MVP in 1957, a two-time NL batting champion (1956, '59), a three-time Gold Glove winner in right field (1958-60) and a record 25-time All-Star.

He was enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982, receiving 97.8% approval in his first year on the ballot. In 1999, MLB created the Hank Aaron Award, given annually to the best hitter in both the AL and NL.

Aaron was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002.