For 65 years, Yosh Kawano was a fixture in the Cubs organization, so much so that a condition of the sale of the team from the Wrigleys to Tribune Co. was the promise of a lifetime job for him.
He managed both the Cubs and visiting clubhouses before retiring in 2008.
Kawano died Monday in Los Angeles, where he had been living in a nursing home. He was 97.
More details of his life with the Cubs are at that link, a Paul Sullivan article, but I particularly wanted to quote these parts of the article:
In his 65 years, Kawano worked under 37 Cubs managers, 12 general managers and two owners.