MLB's first-ever Ambassador for Inclusion and its second openly gay player died Tuesday at age 60, the league announced.
Major League Baseball announced the death of Billy Bean, its second player to come out as gay and its first-ever Ambassador for Inclusion.The league announced in a press release Tuesday that Bean succumbed to acute myeloid leukemia after a year-long battle. He was 60.Bean played for the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Diego Padres over parts of six seasons from 1987-95.
According to the release from MLB, Bean was a two-time All-American outfielder at Loyola Marymount University before graduating with a degree in Business Administration. He was also selected as the valedictorian of his graduating class at Santa Ana High School.Bean's most influential work came after he retired. In an interview with the Miami Herald in 1999, Bean became the second MLB player ever to come out as gay.
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