Tributes pour in after baseball legend Roy Halladay dies in plane crash
Major League Baseball in mourning over former Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays pitcher who was an avid pilot
Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay died on Tuesday after the plane he was piloting crashed in the Gulf of Mexico, triggering an outpouring of tributes to the popular ex-Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies star.
The 40-year-old two-time Cy Young winner, who retired four years ago, was the only person on board the single-engine ICON A5 plane, the Pasco County Sheriff’s Department confirmed.
Halladay’s body was recovered after the plane was found in shallow water off the Florida coast, authorities said. The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert Manfred said the sport was mourning the loss of a “well-respected figure and fierce competitor”.
“All of us in baseball are shocked and deeply saddened by the passing of former Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay,” Manfred said in a statement.
