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Billy Bean, MLB's senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion who also served as a special advisor to commissioner Rob Manfred, has died at the age of 60, the league announced Tuesday.
Billy Bean was baseball’s first ambassador for inclusion when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch in 2016 before a game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the San Francisco Giants in Florida.
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