to becoming an assistant general manager and then ambassador to amateur baseball/Canada for the Toronto Blue Jays. He was elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys, Ontario, in 2000, and received his Canadian citizenship in 2012. Fanning died as the result of a heart attack on April 25, 2015, at his London, Ontario, residence at the age of 87. Managerial statistics References External links Baseball-Reference.com – career managing record and playing statistics 1927 births 2015 deaths American expatriate baseball people in Canada Atlanta Braves executives Baseball coaches from Iowa Baseball people from Ontario Baseball players from Chicago Beaumont Exporters players Buena Vista University alumni Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Cedar Rapids Indians players Chicago Cubs players Colorado Rockies scouts Dallas Rangers players Des Moines Bruins players Eau Claire Braves players Fort Worth Cats players Greensboro Patriots players Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players Major League Baseball broadcasters Major League Baseball catchers Major League Baseball farm directors Major League Baseball general managers Major League Baseball scouting directors Milwaukee Braves executives Montreal Expos announcers Montreal Expos executives Montreal Expos managers Nashville Vols players People from O'Brien County, Iowa Portland Beavers players Rock Hill Chiefs players Sportspeople from Chicago Sportspeople from London, Ontario Springfield Cubs (Illinois) players Springfield Cubs (Massachusetts) players Toronto Blue Jays executives Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players