Billy Bean

William Daro "Billy" Bean (May 11, 1964 – August 6, 2024) was a Major League Baseball player. Bean was an outfielder, a pinch hitter, and a first baseman. He threw and batted left. He played for the Detroit Tigers from 1987 to 1989, the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1989 and for the San Diego Padres from 1993 to 1995.

Bean was born in Santa Ana, California. He attended Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. 

Bean was gay, and wrote a book, Going the Other Way: Lessons from a Life in and out of Major League Baseball. For 13 years, Bean was the partner of Efrain Viega, the founder of Yuca restaurant in Miami. They broke up in July 2008. 

Bean has appeared on television. He starred in a MTV episode of Made, and he was an actor in an episode of the sitcom Frasier.See https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1467905/

Bean was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in 2023. He died from the disease on August 6, 2024 in New York City at the age of 60.

 References 

 Other websites 
 Billy Bean.com 

 Baseball Library page 

Category:1964 births
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Category:People from Santa Ana, California
Category:LGBT people from California
Category:Gay men
Category:Detroit Tigers players
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Category:San Diego Padres players
Category:Deaths from acute myeloid leukemia
Category:Cancer deaths in New York City