Former Red Sox player and commentator Jerry Remy dies aged 68

**pwaldo** · 10-31-2021, 09:46 PM

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...cancer-68.html

Red Sox broadcaster and former Red Sox player Gerald Peter Remy, commonly known as Jerry Remy and affectionately nicknamed 'The RemDawg', succumbed to a long-fought battle with lung cancer at 68-years-old early Sunday morning.

Known for his iconic Boston accent, rumbling voice, wisecracks and unmatched game predictions as a commentator, Remy first joined the major leagues as a player in 1975.

He shifted to commentating in 1988 when chronic knee problems took him off the field, becoming a fixture in Red Socks fans' livin

Remy called more than 3,900 Red Sox games in his broadcasting career, according to Boston.com, and made the Red Sox Hall of fame in 2006.

A Fenway Park tour guide told Boston 25 that tours all week would be dedicated to the former infielder.

In the 1990's, the broadcaster was nicknamed 'The RemDawg' by his play-by-play partner Sean McDonough, and then Red Sox chairman Tom Werner characterized Remy as 'the guy you'd like to have a beer with after the game' to the Boston Globe in 2009.