Oldest living ex-MLB player dies in Cuba at 102

Published April 23, 2014 9:30pm ET



HAVANA (AP) — Conrado Marrero, the diminutive Cuban right-hander who pitched for the Washington Senators in the 1950s and in 2011 became the oldest living former Major League Baseball player, died in Havana on Wednesday. He was 102, just two days short of his 103rd birthday.

Marrero’s grandson said he died in the early afternoon.

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