Baseball legend Pete Rose’s cause of death revealed

LAS VEGAS (Gray News) - Former MLB player Pete Rose’s cause of death has been revealed.

According to the Clark County coroner’s office, Rose died from hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. He also had a significant condition of diabetes mellitus.

The manner of his death has been ruled natural.

Rose was a Major League Baseball player and manager known by his nickname “Charlie Hustle,” died on Monday. He was 83 years old.

Rose, whose full name is Peter Edward Rose Sr., played in the MLB from 1963 to 1986.

He was most notable for being a part of a dominating Cincinnati Reds lineup in the 1970s.

Rose was a 17-time All-Star and played on three World Series championship teams.

He was the National League MVP in 1973 and World Series MVP two years later.

Rose is baseball’s career hits leader with 4,256 and holds the major league record for games played (3,562), plate appearances (15,890), and the NL record for the longest hitting streak (44).

He also served as the manager of the Cincinnati Reds from 1984 to 1989.

However, in 1989, Rose was suspended from baseball for life for gambling.

The ban left him ineligible for induction into baseball’s Hall of Fame, but he was voted into the Reds Hall of Fame in 2016.

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