and coaches through the decades. Death Pesky died on August 13, 2012, at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers, Massachusetts, at the age of 93; he was buried next to his wife Ruth, who died in 2005. Many in Boston and in Red Sox Nation mourned his passing, and John Dennis began the first edition of the Dennis & Callahan Show on WEEI-FM in Boston after his death by saying that it had felt like every New Englander's grandfather had died when Pesky died. See also Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame Milt Schmidt (1918–2017), Boston Bruins legend who was a longtime friend of Pesky References Further reading External links 1919 births 2012 deaths American League All-Stars United States Navy personnel of World War II American people of Croatian descent Birmingham Barons managers Boston Red Sox announcers Boston Red Sox coaches Boston Red Sox managers Boston Red Sox players Detroit Tigers players Denver Bears players Durham Bulls managers Durham Bulls players Louisville Colonels (minor league) players Major League Baseball broadcasters Major League Baseball bench coaches Major League Baseball first base coaches Major League Baseball hitting coaches Major League Baseball players with retired numbers Major League Baseball shortstops Major League Baseball third basemen Pawtucket Red Sox managers Pittsburgh Pirates coaches Roanoke Red Sox players Baseball players from Portland, Oregon United States Navy officers Washington Senators (1901–1960) players Baseball coaches from Oregon American expatriate baseball people in Nicaragua