Babe Ruth
2/6/1895 - 8/16/1948
Aquarius
Last Words
"I'm going over the valley."
Death & Legacy
Babe Ruth, the great Bambino of baseball who rose from the obscurity of the Baltimore waterfront to the pinnacle of fame as a player who hit more home runs than any other man in history, died yesterday at the age of 53. He had been suffering from throat cancer for more than two years.
Details
- Cause of Death
- Cancer (specifically, nasopharyngeal carcinoma)
- Age at Death
- 53 years
- Funeral Location
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, New York, U.S.
- Final Resting Place
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, New York, United States