News about Phil Garner

After discovering her abandoned on a fishing lake (inset), kind-hearted Phil Garner, 67, took a tiny mallard under his wing. He bought her mother Julia with his wife Julia before releasing her into the wild (left). But they were thrilled when she returned to their doorstep in April with a male 'boyfriend' duck, who they affectionately named Fred. They spotted her with their newly hatched brood of ducklings, who have all taken up residence in their pond a few months later. Pictured right: Phil and Freda and her babies

Chuck Carr, the former New York Mets star and National League robbed base chief, died at the age of 55 after a long fight with health problems. On Facebook, his family revealed the news, as well as photos of the eight-year MLB star in his hospital bed just days before his death. Carr played two seasons in Queens before his transfer to the St Louis Cardinals in April 1990.