Officials have released Pete Rose’s cause of death.
According to TMZ, the Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner has determined that Rose, MLB’s controversial all-time hits leader, died from hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Rose had also been battling diabetes mellitus, officials added, noting that his death was ruled as natural.
Rose, nicknamed “Charlie Hustle,” died on Monday. He was 83. He was undoubtedly one of the greatest players in the history of baseball but was banned from the game and the Hall of Fame for gambling in the late 1980s.
A 17-time All-Star, the switch-hitting Rose played on three World Series winning teams. He was the National League MVP in 1973 and World Series MVP in 1975. He holds the major league record for games played (3,562) and plate appearances (15,890) and the NL record for the longest hitting streak (44).
He was the leadoff man for one of baseball’s most formidable lineups with Cincinnati’s “Big Red Machine,” with teammates that included Hall of Famers Johnny Bench, Tony Perez and Joe Morgan.
Rose wasfound deadby a family member in his Las Vegas home on Monday afternoon. He had just been seen on Sunday at a Fiterman Sports Group meet-and-greet in Nashville.
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