Jerry Remy, the beloved longtime Boston Red Sox broadcaster and former Major League Baseball infielder, died Saturday night after a lengthy battle with lung cancer, the team announced.
“Jerry’s love and connection to baseball didn’t allow anything to stand between the game and him, including for many years cancer,” Henry said.
Red Sox manager Alex Cora added: “Like everyone else in Red Sox Nation today, I’m absolutely devastated by Jerry’s passing.
Affectionately known as “Rem Dawg,” Remy spent more than 40 years with the Red Sox organization as a player, coach and broadcaster.
“As I’ve done before and will continue to do,” Remy wrote in the August Twitter post via NESN, “I will battle this with everything I have.
Remy played with seven Baseball Hall of Famers and 12 Red Sox Hall of Famers in his career.