Death of Dominic DiMaggio

February 12, 1917 - May 8, 2009
Mattapoisett, Massachusetts | Age 92

Former Red Sox Great Dies at 92
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By MARK PRATT of The Associated Press

BOSTON -Dominic DiMaggio, the bespectacled Boston Red Sox center fielder who was overshadowed by his older brother Joe's spectacular career, died early Friday. He was 92.

DiMaggio was surrounded by his family at his death at his Massachusetts home, according to his wife, Emily. She did not give a cause of death but said that DiMaggio had been ill lately.

"He was the most wonderful, warm, loving man," his wife of 61 years said. ...

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