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Former MLB Participant Billy Bean Useless At 60 After Battle With Leukemia

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Former MLB participant Billy Bean has died on the age of 60 … Main League Baseball introduced Tuesday.

Bean — who served because the league’s senior VP for Variety, Fairness, and Inclusion and Particular Assistant to the Commissioner — handed away after a year-long battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

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Bean — one of many first overtly homosexual gamers in MLB — was first identified with the illness in September 2023 … however solely went public with the information throughout the MLB Winter Conferences in December. On the conferences, Arizona Diamondbacks supervisor Troy Lovullo acquired emotional when speaking about his long-time pal … saying it was time to assist “take care of you.”



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Bean performed seven years within the professionals — together with one season in Japan.  After his enjoying days … he spent his time working with the league and its 30 groups to work on LGBTQ+ inclusion, social justice initiatives, and participant training to convey extra equality into the sport.

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred launched a press release on Bean’s passing … calling him “one of the kindest and most respected individuals I have ever known.”

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“Billy was a friend to countless people across our game, and he made a difference through his constant dedication to others,” Manfred stated. “He made Baseball a better institution, both on and off the field, by the power of his example, his empathy, his communication skills, his deep relationships inside and outside the sport, and his commitment to doing the right thing.”

RIP.

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