Red Sox announcer, former MLB player Jerry Remy dies of cancer

Jerry Remy, who started his career in Major League Baseball as a scrappy second baseman before becoming the voice of the Boston Red Sox, died of cancer. He would have turned 69 next week.

WCVB television in Boston reported he died Saturday night amid his seventh battle with cancer. He first was diagnosed in 2008.

Remy was diagnosed with lung cancer after he experienced shortness of breath during Boston's game against th