Images: Joe Garagiola, 1926-2016
See images from the life of former big league catcher and popular broadcaster Joe Garagiola who died at the age of 90. The Arizona Diamondbacks say Garagiola died Wednesday, March 23, 2016. He had been in ill health in recent years.
In this April 14, 2013, file photo, Arizona Diamondbacks broadcaster Joe Garagiola speaks during a pregame show prior to a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, in Phoenix. Former big league catcher and popular broadcaster Joe Garagiola has died. He was 90. The Arizona Diamondbacks say Garagiola died Wednesday, March 23, 2016. He had been in ill health in recent years.
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In this May 31, 2003, file photo, baseball Hall-of-Famers Joe Garagiola, left, and Yogi Berra share a moment after throwing out the first pitch before a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals, in St. Louis. Former big league catcher and popular broadcaster Joe Garagiola has died. He was 90. The Arizona Diamondbacks say Garagiola died Wednesday, March 23, 2016. He had been in ill health in recent years.
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In this June 27, 2007, file photo, former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda, left, gets a laugh out of former catcher and broadcaster Joe Garagiola, as the two watch the Dodgers play the Arizona Diamondbacks in a baseball game, in Phoenix. Former big league catcher and popular broadcaster Joe Garagiola has died. He was 90. The Arizona Diamondbacks say Garagiola died Wednesday, March 23, 2016. He had been in ill health in recent years.
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In this July 18, 1983, file photo, Joe DiMaggio, left, and Joe Garagiola, chat in the dugout at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington, D.C., during warm ups for the second annual Cracker Jack Old Timers baseball game. Former big league catcher and popular broadcaster Joe Garagiola has died. He was 90. The Arizona Diamondbacks say Garagiola died Wednesday, March 23, 2016. He had been in ill health in recent years.
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In this Feb. 22, 1951, file photo, St. Louis Cardinals catcher Joe Garagiola, center, talks with pitchers Cloyd Boyer, left, and Harry "The Cat" Brecheen, in St. Petersburg, Fla., Feb. 22, 1951. Former big league catcher and popular broadcaster Joe Garagiola has died. He was 90. The Arizona Diamondbacks say Garagiola died Wednesday, March 23, 2016. He had been in ill health in recent years.
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In this April 14, 2013, file photo, Arizona Diamondbacks broadcaster Joe Garagiola, center, waves to a cheering crowd during festivities honoring the retiring broadcaster, prior to a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, in Phoenix. Former big league catcher and popular broadcaster Joe Garagiola has died. He was 90. The Arizona Diamondbacks say Garagiola died Wednesday, March 23, 2016. He had been in ill health in recent years.
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In this Oct. 17, 1964, file photo, television commentor Joe Garagiola, at left wearing a jacket and tie, talks with Oakland Athletics players Gene Tenace, fourth from right, Billy North, third from right, Al Dark, second from right, and manager Reggie Jackson, right, after defeating Los Angeles Dodgers to win the World Series. Former big league catcher and popular broadcaster Joe Garagiola has died. He was 90. The Arizona Diamondbacks say Garagiola died Wednesday, March 23, 2016. He had been in ill health in recent years.
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In this April 14, 2013, file photo, Arizona Diamondbacks broadcaster Joe Garagiola, left, waves goodbye to fans as he ends his final broadcast, as he is applauded by fellow broadcaster Steve Berthiaume, right, during the fourth inning in a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, in Phoenix. Former big league catcher and popular broadcaster Joe Garagiola has died. He was 90. The Arizona Diamondbacks say Garagiola died Wednesday, March 23, 2016. He had been in ill health in recent years.
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This is a Sept. 5, 1949, file photo showing St. Louis Cardinals catcher Joe Garagiola. Former big league catcher and popular broadcaster Joe Garagiola has died. He was 90. The Arizona Diamondbacks say Garagiola died Wednesday, March 23, 2016. He had been in ill health in recent years.
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Joe Garagiola applies his expertise of hair dresser making New York Mets manager Yogi Berra in St. Petersburg, Florida, ready for a television show on March 13, 1975. Berra will appear with Garagiola on the TV show. Boyhood pals in St. Louis, both are at the pinnacle of careers.
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Catchers Joe Garagiola, left, and Del Wilber of the St. Louis Cardinals, chat during morning workout of the team at their training camp in St. Petersburg, Florida, March 2, 1947.
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Stan Musial, St. Louis Cardinal outfielder, receives an oil portrait of himself, the gift of some 50 St. Louis admirers, Jan. 8, 1953. At the presentation, left to right, are: Julius Garagnani, co-owner with Musial of a restaurant; Sidney Salomon, who conceived the idea of the portrait; Musial; movie actor Horace McMahon; and Pittsburgh Pirate catcher Joe Garagiola. Garagiola, former Cardinal, acted as toastmaster and called Musial the National League's first Mona Lisa.
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Talk show host David Letterman, center poses with baseball legends Ted Williams, right, and Joe Garagiola, Jan. 1993.
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Baseball legends Yogi Berra, left, and Joe Garagiola, right, make each other laugh during the 21st annual National Italian American Foundation's gala awards dinner at the Washington Hilton, Saturday, Oct. 5, 1996 in Washington.
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Former Arizona Diamondbacks announcer and MLB player, Joe Garagiola, Sr., right, waves to the crowd as he is introduced along with local little league players for the first pitch ceremonies prior to an opening day baseball game, Monday, March 31, 2014, in Phoenix.
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Daniel Hernandez, Jr., the intern who helped save the life of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords after she was shot Jan. 8., throws the ceremonial first pitch with Joe Garagiola, left, before of the MLB All-Star baseball game Tuesday, July 12, 2011, in Phoenix.
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Arizona Diamondbacks broadcaster Joe Garagiola, right, laughs along with Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson in the dugout prior to a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, on Sunday, April 14, 2013 in Phoenix. The game was Garagiola's last as a broadcaster as he announced his retirement.
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Former baseball announcer Joe Garagiola jokingly gives President Clinton a batting lesson prior to the Orioles season opener in Baltimore Tuesday, April 2, 1996. Garagiola has started a foundation to discourage baseball players from chewing tobacco.
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