babe ruth
IS DEAD
Last Updated: Friday, February 05, 2021
DATE OF BIRTH
02.06.1895
BEST KNOWN FOR
PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL FORMER PLAYER NICKNAMED "THE BAMBINO" AND "THE SULTAN OF SWAT"; ONE OF THE FIRST FIVE INAUGURAL MEMEBERS OF THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME; 714 CAREER HOME RUNS, 2213 RBIS WITH A SLUGGING PERCENTAGE OF .6897; REGARDED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST SPORTS HEROES IN AMERICAN CULTURE AND IS CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE GREATEST BASEBALL PLAYER OF ALL TIME
CAUSE OF DEATH
cancer
( Esophageal )
Death Statistics
babe ruth died on 08/16/1948 at the age of 53.
babe was prominently known as
a baseball,
and is remembered fondly by family, friends, and fans.
Digging into our profile records, among our athlete class of profiles,
babe ruth is one of
6 baseballs
who has died as a result of cancer .
Within the broader landscape of our profiles, babe ruth
was one of 224 individuals who had succumbed
to this illness, and one of 6
people who had died from Esophageal Cancer.