Late baseball legend Roberto Clemente and his wife, Vera, had three children together – Roberto Jr., Luis, and Enrique.
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Roberto Clemente Jr.
Roberto Clemente Jr., also known as Roberto Clemente Zabala, was born on August 17, 1965, in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Roberto, now 57, works as a baseball broadcaster.
Roberto is married to his wife, Kailee Clemente.
Luis Roberto Clemente
Luis was born on July 13, 1966.
Luis is a motivational speaker, who has appeared on global platforms and representing the Clemente family commemorative tributes around the world.
Luiz oversees the family’s licensing company and The Roberto Clemente Foundation.
Aside his motivational speaking career, Luiz doubles as an event planner, having coordinated a number of sporting events such as The Roberto Clemente Cup.
He is currently amongst the top five event planners in Puerto Rico.
Luis is married to his wife Olga, and they have three sons, Luis Jr., Robby and Bobby.
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Roberto Enrique Clemente
Roberto Clemente’s youngest son, born in 1969. Now 53 years old, Enrique does not have much of his details available online.
Who Was Roberto Clemente?
Roberto Clemente was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player born on August 18, 1934.
Clemente played as a right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates of the MLB, for 18 seasons.
He spent most of his off seasons doing charity work in Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Clemente had won the World Series twice, as well as a Gold Glove Award for 12 seasons back to back.
Clemente died in a plane crash, while on board to Nicaragua, on December 31, 1972, at age 38.
In 1973, there was a posthumous induction conducted for Clemente into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
In 2002, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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