Billy Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999 before becoming the sport's senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, died on Tuesday at 60 years old, the MLB released in a statement.
NEW YORK -- Billy Bean, who became the second former Major League Baseball player to come out as gay in 1999 before becoming the sport's senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, has died. He was 60.
Bean wrote a book titled"Going the Other Way" and was also a keynote speaker at many events. He publicly came out as gay in 1999, the second former major leaguer to do so after Glenn Burke.
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