Jerry Remy, a longtime player and broadcaster for the Boston Red Sox, died Saturday night following a long battle with lung cancer, the team confirmed. Remy was 68 and would have turned 69 on Nov. 8. (CBS)
Remy, who was born in Fall River, Mass., on Nov. 8, 1952, played second base for the Red Sox from 1978 to 1984 and joined the New England Sports Network (NESN) booth in 1988, becoming a beloved broadcaster for the franchise. (ESPN)
Nicknamed “The RemDawg” by play-by-play partner Sean McDonough in the 1990s, Remy became a cultural icon during the franchise’s early 2000s renaissance, a welcome nightly visitor in fans’ living rooms across New England. He was elected to the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2006. (Boston Globe)
“To end up in this career was never the formula,” Remy said in 2017 when he was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame. “Then I got the job. I was scared to death. I had no idea what I was doing. And for the first two years, I would pray for rainouts because I hated myself. I mean, I could not stand myself on the air. It was horrible. But thank goodness I stayed with it because it was one of the best things that I’ve ever done.” (NYT)