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Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash following the 1972 season. This is a list of baseball players who died during their careers. While some of these deaths occurred during a game, the majority were the result of accidents off the field, illnesses, acts of violence, or suicide.
Los Angeles Dodgers great Fernando Valenzuela has died, the Dodgers announced Tuesday.He was 63 years old. Few words inspire such memories of joy as "Fernandomania," the days of summer when ...
Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela died Tuesday at age 63. He is survived by his wife, Linda, four children, seven grandchildren and extended family. ... “The only Dodger performance worth ...
Former Major League Baseball pitcher and broadcaster Fernando Valenzuela has died, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced Tuesday night.. He was 63. The Dodgers organization did not provide a cause of ...
The Dodgers also invited Valenzuela to throw the ceremonial first pitch at Game 2 of the 2017 World Series at Dodger Stadium, where he was introduced by retired announcer Vin Scully and joined by Steve Yeager. [88] [89] Additionally, the team honored him by naming him to the inaugural Legends of Dodger Baseball class in 2019. [90]
On August 2, 2022, Scully died at home in Hidden Hills, California, at age 94. [101] His funeral was held at St. Jude the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, in Westlake Village, California, on August 8. [102] Upon his death, Rob Manfred, the Commissioner of Baseball, released a statement: Today, we mourn the loss of a legend in our game.
Sutton was born in Clio, Alabama, a small town in Barbour County, on April 2, 1945, [3] the same day as future Dodger teammate Reggie Smith. [4] He was born to sharecroppers at the end of World War II, in a tarpaper shack. [5] At the time Sutton was born, his father was 18 and his mother was 15. [6]
Lifelong Dodger fans Manny Acosta, 59, and his brother, Jose Acosta, 60, sit on Vin Scully Avenue, just feet away from the shrine at the Dodger Stadium sign dedicated to the life of Fernando ...