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Jul 11, 2019 · Bouton -- pitcher, famous author, entrepreneur, television sportscaster, actor, inventor, situation-comedy writer, public speaker, champion of old ballparks and vintage baseball, and last but not least, pariah -- died of a brain disease linked to dementia on Wednesday at his home in western Massachusetts.
Jim Bouton was born on 8 March 1939 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Long Goodbye (1973), How Do You Know (2010) and Ball Four (1976). He was married to Paula Kurman and Bobbie Bouton-Goldberg. He died on 10 July 2019 in Berkshires, Massachusetts, USA.
Nov 16, 2021 · Bouton—who died in 2019 at age 80—wrote Ball Four after his best days as a hard-throwing All-Star pitcher with the New York Yankees were over and he was trying to make a comeback as a knuckleball pitcher. He wanted athletes to speak out for themselves, to refuse to conform, and to defy complacency.
Jul 10, 2019 · Jim Bouton, an ace for the late dynasty, pennant-winning Yankees, an outcast on the hapless 1969 Seattle Pilots, and the author of “Ball Four,” arguably the greatest baseball book of all time, has died at the age of 80. Bouton had been suffering from cerebral amyloid angiopathy, which is linked to dementia, for the past several years.
Jul 11, 2019 · GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Jim Bouton, the former New York Yankees pitcher who shocked and angered the conservative baseball world with the tell-all book “Ball Four,” has died. He was 80.
Jul 12, 2019 · Jim Bouton, the former big-league pitcher better known for his prose than his fastball, died Wednesday at his home in Massachusetts. He was 80. In 1970, Bouton wrote the book "Ball Four," a...
Jul 11, 2019 · Former MLB pitcher and author Jim Bouton died Wednesday following a fight with a brain disease linked to dementia. He was 80 years old. According to friends of the family, Bouton died after...
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