Former Dodgers outfielder Billy Bean, who made history in retirement as Major League Baseball’s first Senior VP for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, has died, the league announced. He was 60.
MLB said in a statement Tuesday that Bean fought “a heroic year-long battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.”
Bean played for three teams over parts of six major league seasons (1987-95), including the Dodgers for 51 games in 1989.
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