Ron Santo, the beloved Chicago Cubs player and broadcaster, died Thursday night at age 70. Santo, who has battled health problems for years, fell into a coma Wednesday night in Arizona and died Thursday of complications from bladder cancer, the Chicago Tribune reported.
After a 15-year playing career spent entirely in Chicago, Santo really wove himself into the fabric of the city as a broadcaster.
"My siblings and I first knew Ron Santo as fans, listening to him in the broadcast booth," Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts said in a statement. "We knew him for his passion, his loyalty, his great personal courage and his tremendous sense of humor. It was our great honor to get to know him personally in our first year as owners.
"Ronnie will forever be the heart and soul of Cubs fans."
Source: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/12/03/ron-santo-cubs-legend-dies-at-70/
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