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Larry Lucchino
American lawyer and baseball executive (1945–2024)
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| Born | Lawrence Lucchino (1945-09-06)September 6, 1945 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | April 2, 2024(2024-04-02) (aged 78) Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Princeton University (BA) Yale University (JD) |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer and MLB executive |
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Lawrence Lucchino (September 6, 1945 – April 2, 2024) was an American lawyer and Major League Baseball executive. He served as president of the Baltimore Orioles, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the San Diego Padres, and president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox. He was also chairman of the Worcester Red Sox, the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox; chairman of The Jimmy Fund, the philanthropic arm of the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute; and president and CEO emeritus of Fenway Sports Group, the parent company of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool F.C. Lucchino played college basketball for the Princeton Tigers.
Early life and education
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The cause of death was congestive heart failure.
From 2016 to the time of his death, Mr. Lucchino also served as chairman of the Jimmy Fund, which raises millions for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and is the Red Sox’ official charity.
“To us, Larry was an exceptional person who combined a Hall of Fame life as a Major League Baseball executive with his passion for helping those people most in need,” his brother Frank and family said in a statement.
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Yet Mr. Lucchino’s more enduring legacy could be the building/remodeling of five ballparks under his supervision.
“I once asked [former commissioner Bud Selig] what’s the hardest thing he’s ever done,” Mr. Lucchino said. “He said, ‘That’s easy. Trying to get a ballpark built.’ ”
A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching Pirates games at Forbes Field, Mr. Lucchino favored old-style parks with modern amenities instead of the charmless multipurpose stadiums that became popular during the 1960s and ’70s.
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Remembering Larry Lucchino
Larry Lucchino, longtime Trustee and Jimmy Fund Chairman, died peacefully on April 2, 2024, surrounded by his loving family and friends.
A top baseball executive for more than four decades, Lucchino is beloved in Boston and beyond for revitalizing Fenway Park and the Boston Red Sox, helping to fuel the team’s three World Series titles between 2004-2013. At Dana-Farber, we remember him as a committed champion who advanced our shared mission and made a lasting impact on patients everywhere through his efforts to deepen our partnership with the Red Sox, his leadership as an Institute Trustee and Chairman of the Jimmy Fund, and his generous philanthropy.
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Lucchino first came to the Institute in the mid-1980s when he was treated for non-Hodgkin lymphoma by the late Dr. Tom Frei, former Institute physician-in-chief, and Dr. Lee Nadler, senior vice president of experimental medicine and PMC Chair at Dana-Farber. An executive with the Baltimore Orioles at the time, Lucchino chose to receive his care at t
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