Roger Eugene Maris was a professional baseball right fielder
who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball. He is best
known for setting a new MLB single-season home run record
with 61 home runs in 1961.
Maris was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 1983. In
response, Maris organized the annual Roger Maris Celebrity
Golf Tournament to raise money for cancer research and
treatment.
He died of the disease at age 51 on December 14, 1985, at M.D.
Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas and was buried at Holy
Cross Cemetery in Fargo, North Dakota.
Roger Maris, Joe DiMaggio and Cincinatti Reds team
manager at Al Lang Stadium dugout, St. Petersburg,
Florida in 1983.
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