Michael Earl Payne (November 15, 1961 – August 4, 2002) was a
Major League Baseball
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pitcher. He played one season with the
Atlanta Braves
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in 1984. Mike Payne was also a baseball coach for
Dunnellon High School
Dunnellon High School is an American secondary school located in Dunnellon, FL. The school serves students from Marion, Levy and Citrus counties. The student population of 1050 is 58% majority and 42% minority. Dunnellon High School is served b ...
in Dunnellon, FL. He worked at the school through the week as an Automotive Technology Instructor.
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Payne died on August 4, 2002 after a year-long battle with Eastern equine encephalitis, which he contracted from being bitten by a mosquito
Mosquitoes (or mosquitos) are members of a group of almost 3,600 species of small flies within the family Culicidae (from the Latin ''culex'' meaning " gnat"). The word "mosquito" (formed by ''mosca'' and diminutive ''-ito'') is Spanish for "li ...
in the summer of 2001.
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1961 births
2002 deaths
Infectious disease deaths in Florida
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Jacksonville Expos players
People from Dunnellon, Florida
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