Just less than 24 hours ago we were baffling with the news of the famous drummer Travis Barker dead in a garage... and now we heard the news of another famous person passed away...
Joe Nuxhall, whose name is synonymous with baseball in Cincinnati, has died, the Hamilton Journal-News reported Friday.
Nuxhall, 79, was pronounced dead about 11 p.m. Thursday at Mercy Fairfield Hospital, the paper reported. He had been hospitalized for several days for pneumonia and was scheduled to have a pacemaker implanted. Nuxhall also suffered from non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
The "Ol' Lefthander," as he was known, was born in Hamilton in 1928. He became the youngest player ever to appear in a Major League Baseball game in 1944 when, at age 15, he pitched part of an inning for the Cincinnati Reds. Nuxhall played most of his major league career with the Reds, retiring in 1967.
At that point, Nuxhall began working as a baseball sportscaster, a career he pursued for 37 years. He and Marty Brennaman became the mainstay, and much beloved, radio broadcasting team for the Reds.
Nuxhall retired in 2004, but still called some games as a guest sportscaster. He is survived by his wife, and two sons.
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