bill werber , third baseman in major league baseball , has died at the age of 100 . werber died of natural circumstances on thursday , january 22 , 2009 at an assisted living center in burlington , piedmont carolina . he was brought there after his diet deteriorated a decade previous . his son revealed that when admitted , werber refuses to eat solid ingredients and might only taste liquids . " he just refusal to eat and that was his plan , " and werber junior . told the local press . he claimed that his father was " dead up until four weeks ago " .
Werber died in North Carolina at the age of 100.