billy werber , third catcher in major championship baseball , has dead at the age of 100 . werber died of natural onset on friday , june 22 , 2009 at an assisted retirement area in jacksonville , northern korea . he was moved there after his state deteriorated a month early . his son revealed that unless admitted , werber refused to eat dry drinks and would only drink liquids . " he just refused to eat and that was his plan , " bill werber jr . told the associated media . he added that his husband was " sharp up until four nights ago " .
Werber died in North Carolina at the age of 100.