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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Ronald | ||||||
| 4 | Edward Santo, who passed away at the age of 70 on December 3, | ||||||
| 5 | 2010; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Ron Santo was born on February 25, 1940, in | ||||||
| 7 | Seattle, Washington; he was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at | ||||||
| 8 | the age of 18; in 1959, he signed with the Chicago Cubs; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, In his 14 years with the Cubs and his final season | ||||||
| 10 | with the White Sox, Ron Santo hit .277 with 2,254 hits, 342 | ||||||
| 11 | home runs, and 1,331 runs batted in; he was named to Major | ||||||
| 12 | League Baseball's All-Star team 9 times and won the Rawlings | ||||||
| 13 | Gold Glove award 5 times; he hit .300 or better 4 times, had | ||||||
| 14 | the best on-base percentage in the league in 1964 and 1966, and | ||||||
| 15 | led the league in walks 4 times; in 2003, he was honored by the | ||||||
| 16 | Cubs, who retired his No. 10 jersey and hoisted it up the | ||||||
| 17 | left-field foul pole just below Banks' No. 14; in 2007, he | ||||||
| 18 | received 57 votes from the National Baseball Veterans' | ||||||
| 19 | Committee for induction into the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame; | ||||||
| 20 | and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Playing for the Chicago Cubs from 1960 to 1973 and | ||||||
| 22 | then for a final season with the Chicago White Sox in 1974, Ron | ||||||
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| 1 | Santo would return to the baseball world 16 years later as a | ||||||
| 2 | broadcaster in the WGN-AM radio booth, where he was nominated | ||||||
| 3 | as one of ten finalists for the 2005 Ford C. Frick Award, the | ||||||
| 4 | Hall of Fame's highest broadcast honor; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, As he did throughout his baseball career, Ron | ||||||
| 6 | Santo continued dealing with the effects of diabetes throughout | ||||||
| 7 | his life; he created the Juvenile Diabetes Research | ||||||
| 8 | Foundation's annual Ron Santo Walk to Cure Diabetes, which has | ||||||
| 9 | been held in Chicago since 1974 and has helped raise over $50 | ||||||
| 10 | million for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF); | ||||||
| 11 | in 2002, he was named the Juvenile Diabetes Research | ||||||
| 12 | Foundation's "Person of the Year"; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Ron Santo is survived by his wife, Vicki; his | ||||||
| 14 | children, Ron Jr., Jeff, Linda, and Kelly; and his 2 | ||||||
| 15 | grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 17 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 18 | mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Ron | ||||||
| 19 | Santo; and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to the family of Ron Santo as a symbol of our sincere | ||||||
| 22 | sympathy.
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