Not Destroyed, a book recounting how he became a born-again Christian during recovery from his 1984 pitching arm injury. Pastore once held the record for the fastest time to finish eating the famous 72-oz steak dinner, "The Texas King", at the Big Texan Steak Ranch. Pastore's record of 9 minutes 30 seconds stood for 21 years, until being broken by Joey Chestnut in 2008. Death On November 19, 2012, during his radio show while discussing how his faith affects his view of death, Pastore said: ...you guys know I ride a motorcycle, don’t you? So, at any moment, especially with the idiot people who cross the diamond lane into my lane, all right, without any blinkers -- not that I’m angry about it, but at any minute I could be spread out all over the 210 (Freeway). That same day, he was critically injured on the Foothill (210) Freeway in Duarte, California, when a woman from Glendora, California, driving a Hyundai Sonata, collided with his Honda VTX 1800, throwing him off the motorcycle. He was hospitalized in critical condition with serious head injuries. Less than a month later, on December 17, 2012, Pastore died from pneumonia and other complications of his injuries. Pastore is survived by his wife, Gina, children Frank Jr. and Christina, and one grandchild. References External links Pastore Homepage Los Angeles Times Op-Ed Piece, Christian Conservatives Must Not Compromise Free, archived text of Christian Conservatives Must Not Compromise Book Detail Page for Shattered by Frank Pastore Sports Illustrated stats on Frank Pastore 1957 births 2012 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Cincinnati Reds players Minnesota Twins players Baseball players from California Nashville Sounds players Tampa Tarpons (1957–1987) players Indianapolis Indians players Oklahoma City 89ers players Wichita Aeros players Billings Mustangs players Trois-Rivières Aigles players American Christians Former atheists and agnostics American talk radio hosts Radio personalities from Los Angeles Sportspeople from Alhambra, California Motorcycle road incident deaths Road incident deaths in California