George Kell - Death

Death

Kell died at age 86 in his sleep in his hometown of Swifton, Arkansas on March 24, 2009.

Fox Sports Detroit (the Detroit Tigers' current local TV rights holder) honored Kell with re-airings of the special FSN Basement: All Star Edition 2005 featuring interviews with George Kell and Al Kaline, each recalling their memories of playing for the Tigers and working together in the television booth. It re-aired several times during the week after his death.

Read more about this topic:  George Kell

Famous quotes containing the word death:

    “Your father was ever virtuous, and holy men at their death have good inspirations.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Young lover to old lover: I do not feel death in your embrace, but the adoration of the patriarchs.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “Could any death be so horrible as birth? Or any decrepitude so awful as childhood in a happy united God-fearing family?”
    —Samuel Butler (1835–1902)