at the age of 63 after a battle with cancer. Later that evening, there was a moment of silence in memory of Meriwether prior to Game 4 of the World Series. See also List of Major League Baseball umpires References External links Career statistics and umpire information from MLB, or The Baseball Cube, or Retrosheet 1956 births 2019 deaths Athens State University alumni Sportspeople from Nashville, Tennessee Major League Baseball umpires African-American sports officials Deaths from cancer in Tennessee 20th-century African-American sportspeople 21st-century African-American people