⚾️On October 24, 1972 baseball legend Jackie Robinson, weakened by complications of heart disease and diabetes, dies of a heart attack in his home in North Stamford, Connecticut. The 53 year-old nearly blind baseball pioneer and social activist's death comes just 9 days after his appearance at the World Series, where he threw the ceremonial first pitch before Game 2 at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium. In 1997, the MLB retired Robinson’s number 42 across all major league teams; he was the first p