According to rumours, his last words to his lawyer before dying were, ‘I’ll finally get to see Marilyn again.’ Joe DiMaggio passed away on March 8, 1999, in Hollywood, Florida, of lung cancer after a five-month battle.
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His funeral was held on March 11, 1999, at Sts. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in San Francisco, and he was buried three months later at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, California.
DiMaggio was married to Marilyn Monroe from January 14, 1954, to October 1954, Monroe filed for divorce from DiMaggio after only nine months of marriage.
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Joe DiMaggio was a great baseball player. He won the MVP award three times and was a member of nine World Series-winning teams. Not to mention that he also served his country for three years in World War II.
He struck out at a career-high 0.325 on the pitch, a mark that looms large over MLB. Notably, the former centre fielder still holds the league record for the most consecutive hits in MLB, with a streak of 56 games.
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