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Billy Bean, Ex-MLB Outfielder and LGBTQ+ Pioneer in the League, Dies at 60

‘HEARTS ARE BROKEN’

The outfielder was one of the league’s first former players to come out as gay, and later became its senior vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Billy Bean throws out a ceremonial first pitch before the game between the Chicago White Sox and the Miami Marlins at Guaranteed Rate Field on July 23, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.
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