Former Yankees All-Star and Golden Glove winner Joe Pepitone dies at 82

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Joe Pepitone, an All-Star and Gold Glove first baseman on the 1960s New York Yankees who gained renown for his flamboyant personality, hairpieces and penchant for nightlife, has died. He was 82.

Pepitone was living with his daughter, Cara Pepitone, at her house in Kansas City, Missouri, and was found dead Monday morning, according to BJ Pepitone, a son of the former player. The cause of death was not immediately clear, but BJ Pepitone said a heart attack was suspected.

The Yankees said in a statement Pepitone's 'playful and charismatic personality and on-field contributions made him a favorite of generations of Yankees fans even beyond his years with the team in the 1960s.'

Pepitone drew attention for his off-the-field conduct. In a time when most players were staid and conformist, Pepitone was thought to be the first to bring a hair dryer into the clubhouse, an artifact later given to the Baseball Reliquary and displayed at the Burbank Central Library in California during a 2004 exhibition: 'The Times They Were A-Changin´: Baseball in the Age of Aquarius.'

He posed nude for a January 1975 edition of Foxylady magazine.

'Things were a little different back then, sure,' Pepitone told Rolling Stone in 2015. 'When I brought the hair dryer into the clubhouse, they thought I was a hairdresser or something; they didn´t know what the hell was going on, you know?'

[bakemeister52]

RIP brother!

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