MLB’s DEI executive Billy Bean dead at 60 [Video]

MLB executive Billy Bean died on Tuesday at age 60 from acute myeloid leukemia, the league announced.

Bean had been serving in multiple roles in MLB’s national office, including senior VP for diversity, equity and inclusion and special assistant to the commissioner. 

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“Over the last 10 years, Billy worked passionately and tirelessly with MLB and all 30 Clubs, focusing on player education, LGBTQ inclusion, and social justice initiatives to advance equality in the game for all,” the statement reads. 

“Billy’s 10-year playing career included six Major League seasons with the Tigers, Dodgers, and Padres. Commissioner Rob Manfred called Billy ‘one of the kindest and most respected individuals I have ever known’ and someone who ‘made Baseball a better institution, both on and off the field.’”

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Bean is not the former general manager of the Oakland Athletics of the same name, Billy Beane, …