Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks has passed away. He was 83.
Reports the New York Times:
Ernie Banks, the greatest power-hitting shortstop of the 20th century and an unconquerable optimist whose sunny disposition never dimmed in 19 seasons with the perennially stumbling Chicago Cubs, died Friday in Chicago. He was 83.
His death, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, was announced by Major League Baseball and the Cubs, who did not give a cause. Banks’s fellow Hall of Famer and longtime teammate Billy Williams told MLB.com that Banks had fallen about a month and half ago, but said he did not have further details.
President Obama and his wife, Michelle, called Banks “an incredible ambassador for baseball, and for the city of Chicago” in a joint statement.
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