Baseball legend Hank Aaron, whose Hall of Fame playing career helped break racial barriers in U.S. sports and culture, died on Friday, according to the Atlanta Braves, his former team, and media reports. He was 86.
The Braves said in a statement that Aaron died peacefully in his sleep, without citing a cause of death.
"We are absolutely devastated by the passing of our beloved Hank," the team's chairman, Terry McGuirk, was quoted as saying.