Jerry Remy, Red Sox icon on the field and in the broadcast booth, dies at 68

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With his gravelly voice and an accent as Boston as Fenway Park, Jerry Remy seemed clairvoyant in the broadcast booth as he told viewers what was about to happen on the field, and why.

Informed by his own major league career, which included seven seasons as a Red Sox second baseman, he offered insights and warm banter that made him enduringly popular during more than three decades as a color analyst for Boston’s games.

Mr. Remy, an undersized everyman of a ballplayer who hustled his way from a Somerset boyhood to the American League All-Star team in 1978, died Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, according to a team source. He was 68 and had undergone repeated treatments for cancer since he was first diagnosed in 2008.

Nicknamed “The RemDawg” by play-by-play partner Sean McDonough in the 1990s, Mr. Remy became a cultural icon during the franchise’s early 2000s renaissance, a welcome nightly visitor in fans’ living rooms across New England. He was elected to the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2006.

https://www.boston.com/sports/local-news/2021/10/31/jerry-remy-red-sox-icon-on-the-field-and-in-the-broadcast-booth-dies-at-68/?fbclid=IwAR0WpCUZABr_E74Ji5Ul3d3fvKBZDrqKpbUnIbowF6VWkdRzknSm4FE76vQ

RIP

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1. Forever young

So many adventures given up today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
Oh let it come true
Forever young

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2. Oh man, what a sad story.

First I have heard about this, thanks for posting. I think this was his 3rd or 4th cycle with dealing with his cancer issues. He's had a tough few years with that and his son's incarceration for murder. He was my age and I recall well the time when he came home to play for the Red Sox in the late 70's. Godspeed Jerry. One of the best at providing game color....

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3. I find him inspirational.

The man took a lot of shots in his life and kept swinging 'til the end. I hope I go as hard into the night.

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4. So sad so young.

Fuck cancer