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Billy Bean, MLB executive and longtime LGBTQ advocate, dies at 60
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.
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Billy Bean Dies at 60; Led Baseball on Diversity After Coming Out as Gay
By Alex Williams Billy Bean, an all-hustle outfielder for the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres who retired in 1995 because he thought baseball was not ready for an openly ...
Los Angeles Times10mon
Billy Bean, former Dodger and MLB ambassador, dies at 60
Billy Bean, who played parts of six seasons with the Dodgers, San Diego Padres and Detroit Tigers and was Major League Baseball’s senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion ...
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Billy Bean, former MLB outfielder and LGBTQ advocate, dies at 60: 'He made baseball a better institution'
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 ...
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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 AP Photo Billy Bean has died at the age of 60. In 1999, the former baseball player — whose teams included the Detroit Tigers ...
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Billy Bean, second openly gay ex-MLB player, dies at 60
NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...
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Billy Bean Dies: Second MLB Player To Come Out, Who Later Led Diversity Efforts, 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 ...
Sports Illustrated10mon
Billy Bean, One of MLB's First Openly Gay Players, Dies at 60 From Leukemia
Billy Bean, MLB's Senior Vice President for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, died at the age of 60 on Tuesday. Bean, who was also Special Assistant to commissioner Rob Manfred, had been battling ...
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Billy Bean dies at 60; outfielder was second MLB player to come out after retirement
NEW YORK — Billy Bean, who became the second former Major ... Related Articles Frederick Forsyth dies at 86; British author wrote acclaimed thrillers, including ‘Day of the Jackal’ Edmund ...
Orange County Register10mon
Billy Bean, openly gay ex-player and MLB VP, dies at 60
NEW YORK — 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 ...
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Billy Bean Dies: Second MLB Player To Come Out, Later Led Diversity Efforts, 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 ...