Jackie Robinson Cause Of Death: What did Jackie Robinson suffer from?

Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.

Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.

During his 10-year MLB career, Jackie Robinson won the inaugural Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, was an All-Star for six consecutive seasons from 1949 through 1954, and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1949—the first black player so honored.

Jackie Robinson played in six World Series and contributed to the Dodgers’ 1955 World Series championship.

In 1997, The MLB retired Jackie Robinson’s uniform number 42 across all major league teams; he was the first professional athlete in any sport to be so honored.

The MLB also adopted a new annual tradition, “Jackie Robinson Day”, for the first time on April 15, 2004, on which every player on every team wears No. 42.

Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919, Cairo, Georgia, United States and died on October 24, 1972, North Stamford, Stamford, Connecticut, United States.

Weakened by heart disease and diabetes, Jackie Robinson died in 1972 at the age of 53 from a heart attack suffered at his home in Stamford, Connecticut.