was a contributor for Black Issues Book Review and kept up with the world of sports through books, newspapers and his friends in the business. His favorite pastimes were doting on his two grandchildren and listening to his extensive collection of jazz records. Rust died on January 12, 2010. Selected works Rust, Art Jr., "Get That Nigger Off the Field!": A Sparkling, Informal History of the Black Man in baseball, 1976 Rust, Art Jr; Rust, Edna; Louis, Joe, Joe Louis: My Life, 1978 Rust, Art Jr., Baseball Quiz Book, 1985 Rust, Art Jr.; Rust, Edna, Art Rust's Illustrated History of the Black athlete, 1985 Rust, Art Jr.; Rust, Edna, Recollections of a Baseball Junkie, 1985 Rust, Art Jr., Legends: Conversations with Baseball Greats, 1989 Rust, Art Jr.; Strawberry, Darryl, Darryl 1992 References 1927 births 2010 deaths African-American sports journalists American sports journalists American sports radio personalities American television sports announcers Major League Baseball broadcasters Sportspeople from New York City 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American people