MLB Legend Pete Rose Dies At 83 After Long Struggle To Get Into Hall Of Fame Amid Betting Scandal

Major League Baseball star Pete Rose died in his Las Vegas home on Monday at 83. The cause of death remains unknown.

“Major League Baseball extends its deepest condolences to Pete Rose’s family, his friends across the game, and fans of his hometown of Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Montreal and beyond who admired his greatness, grit and determination on the field of play. May he rest in peace,” Major League Baseball wrote in a social media statement.

Rose attended a Fiterman Sports Group meet-and-greet in Nashville just one day before his passing. The baseball legend was in a wheelchair due to back pain, though attendees said he appeared in good spirits.

Rose’s career was marked by 17 All-Star Game nods, three World Series wins and the 1973 World Series MVP title. He had 4,256 hits over his 24-season career, more than any other player in MLB history.

Rose, who was nicknamed “Charlie Hustle,” spent most of his career playing for the Cincinnati Reds. He also had stints with the Philadelphia Phillies and Montreal Expos before returning to Cincinnati as a player-manager.

In 1989, former commissioner Bart Giamatti banned Rose from the MLB after the league found that he had been betting on the sport. Rose denied the allegation for years before admitting to it in the mid-2000s. The scandal prevented Rose from being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. 

In July, uInterview spoke exclusively to Mark Monroe, director of the new Max documentary Charlie Hustle And The Matter Of Pete Rose, about what made Rose such a great liar.

“I’m not a psychologist,” Monroe told uInterview founder Erik Meers. “I do believe what Al Michaels said, which is I think that sometimes you begin to believe in your own lie. That certainly can be the case. And the details of what happened may become blurred in your mind because you have decided that something is a truth when it may not be.”

Rose is survived by his MLB colleagues and five children.