Bud Harrelson, the long-time New York Mets shortstop and World Series winner who became the team's manager in 1990, dies at 79 following a battle with Alzheimer's disease
Bud Harrelson, the former New York Mets shortstop and manager, has died at age 79. Harrelson was in hospice care on Long Island and had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2016.