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    Mike Trout, Angels organization still reeling from death of Aaron Cox

    by Mike DiGiovanna and Nathan Fenno, Los Angeles Times Aug 27, 2018 5 minutes

    The name on the back of Mike Trout's jersey Friday night was not there Saturday or Sunday, but it will forever remain in the heart of the Angels center fielder.

    As a tribute to Aaron Cox, his 24-year-old brother-in-law who died Aug. 15, Trout wore "A. COX" on his No. 27 jersey. It was Trout's way to honor a family member, his hunting, fishing, golfing and bowling buddy, and a fellow baseball player.

    Cox, the younger brother of Trout's wife, Jessica Tara Cox, and until recently a pitching prospect in the Angels farm system, died from what a New Jersey State Police spokesman said was a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

    Cox was rushed by ambulance from the Driftwood RV Resort and Campground to the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City. He died four days later.

    Trout declined

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