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Fred Claire, Dodgers GM who won 1988 World Series, dies at 91
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Fred Claire, who spent 30 years with the Los Angeles Dodgers and was general manager when the team won the 1988 World Series, died at 91, the team announced. The Boston Globe reported he died Monday, on his 91st birthday, in Pasadena, after recently entering hospice care. He had been diagnosed with skin cancer in 2015, which returned in his jaw and neck.
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Fred Claire, the former Los Angeles Dodgers general manager who oversaw the team’s 1988 World Series championship, died at 91, according to the Associated Press, Reuters and The Boston Globe. The Boston Globe reported that he died Monday, on his 91st birthday, in Pasadena, and that the team announced the death Tuesday. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
Claire had entered hospice care recently, The Boston Globe reported. In January 2015, at age 80, he was diagnosed with squamous cell skin cancer on his lip; the cancer later returned in his jaw and again in his neck. He had surgery to remove a nerve on the left side of his face along with several lymph nodes, and underwent radiation, chemotherapy and immunotherapy during an 11-year journey with cancer, the newspaper said. [ 4 ]
Dodgers team president Stan Kasten said in a statement: “Fred brought many victories and Dodger legends to our franchise, as well as the 1988 World Series title, and we are forever grateful for his leadership during such a memorable era.” The Boston Globe reported the statement. [ 4 ]
Claire’s Dodgers career spanned 30 years. He was covering the team during spring training in Florida for the Long Beach Press-Telegram in 1969 when a public relations assistant was fired; he expressed interest in the job and was hired that July. He was promoted to vice president of public relations and promotions in 1975. During his tenure, he was instrumental in creating the Dodger Blue branding and Think Blue campaign, and the club drew 3.3 million fans in 1978, the first MLB team to exceed 3 million, according to The Boston Globe. He also hired announcer Ross Porter, who worked for the team from 1977 until 2004. [ 4 ]
The Boston Globe also reported that in 1976, after Chicago Cubs outfielder Rick Monday saved an American flag from being burned on the Dodger Stadium field by two spectators, Claire directed the message board operator to type: “Rick Monday......You Made a Great Play.” [ 4 ]
The Associated Press reported the death in English and Spanish, and Reuters also reported it, each identifying him as the GM of the Dodgers’ 1988 World Series team and noting his age. The Boston Globe provided additional biographical detail and the team statement. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
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The death closes a chapter in Dodgers history tied to the 1988 World Series title, and the obituaries note Claire’s role in the club’s branding and attendance milestones. The documents frame it as a sports remembrance rather than an event with wider policy or market consequences.
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- Fred Claire died at 91. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
- He was the general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 1988 World Series championship team. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]
- He died Monday, on his 91st birthday, in Pasadena, and the team announced the death Tuesday, according to The Boston Globe. [ 4 ]
- He had entered hospice care recently, The Boston Globe reported. [ 4 ]
- In January 2015, at age 80, he was diagnosed with squamous cell skin cancer on his lip; the cancer later returned in his jaw and neck, according to The Boston Globe. [ 4 ]
- He had surgery to remove a nerve on the left side of his face and several lymph nodes, and underwent radiation, chemotherapy and immunotherapy, The Boston Globe reported. [ 4 ]
- Dodgers team president Stan Kasten said Claire brought victories, Dodger legends and the 1988 World Series title to the franchise, according to The Boston Globe. [ 4 ]
- He was instrumental in creating the Dodger Blue branding and Think Blue campaign, and the club drew 3.3 million fans in 1978, the first MLB team to exceed 3 million, The Boston Globe reported. [ 4 ]
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- The exact cause of death is not stated in the documents. The Boston Globe describes a long cancer history and hospice care but does not explicitly say what caused his death.
- The exact time of death is not given. The documents only say he died Monday and list outlet publication times.
- Details of his cancer treatment and hospice care come from a single outlet, The Boston Globe. No other document in the set provides those medical details.
- The Los Angeles Dodgers announced his death, The Boston Globe reported. Reported by a single source so far
- The team announced he died Monday, on his 91st birthday, in Pasadena, according to The Boston Globe. Reported by a single source so far
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- Associated Press publishes an English report that Fred Claire, the Dodgers’ World Series-winning GM, died at 91. [ 1 ]
- Associated Press publishes a Spanish-language report that Fred Claire died at 91. [ 2 ]
- Reuters reports that Fred Claire, GM of the Dodgers’ 1988 World Series team, died at 91. [ 3 ]
- The Boston Globe reports that Fred Claire, former Dodgers GM who oversaw the 1988 World Series champion team, died at 91. [ 4 ]