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Billy Bean, MLB's senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion who also served as a special advisor to commissioner Rob Manfred, has died at the age of 60, the league announced Tuesday.
Billy Bean was baseball’s first ambassador for inclusion when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch in 2016 before a game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the San Francisco Giants in Florida.
Billy Bean, who played parts of six seasons with the Tigers, Dodgers and Padres, ... World’s oldest marathon runner, Fauja Singh, dies in a hit-and-run at 114. July 15, 2025. Voices.
Billy Bean, a special adviser to commissioner Rob Manfred and MLB's senior vice president for diversity, equality, and inclusion, has died after a yearlong fight with acute myeloid leukemia, the ...
Billy Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999 before becoming the sport’s senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, has died.
Billy Bean, Second Major League Baseball Player to Come Out as Gay, Dies at 60. Bean revealed in 2023 that he had been diagnosed with leukemia ...
Bean, who publicly came out in 1999, was MLB's senior vice president for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Billy Bean, a former Dodger, attended several pride nights throughout the league, including ...
Billy Bean, one of the first athletes in American team sports to come out as gay, died Tuesday, 11 months after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. He was 60.
MLB exec Billy Bean, former major leaguer and advocate for LGBTQ inclusion, dies at 60. By Rustin Dodd. Aug. 6, 2024 Updated Sept. 27, 2024.
Billy Bean has passed away. Major League Baseball and its fans are in mourning this week after reports confirmed the passing of Billy Bean at the age of 60 years old. Bean, who became the second ...
Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999 before becoming the sport’s senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, has died. He was 60.
Billy Bean, a former Los Angeles Dodger who went on to become the first diversity chief for Major League Baseball, died on Tuesday. He was 60. Major League Baseball said in a statement that the ...