Frank Malzone was a great ballplayer (in particular, as a third baseman), and was a hometown favorite, in Boston; he was with the Red Sox from 1955-1965. In the early to mid-1960s, while growing up, I loved watching him play (on TV, and at Fenway Park). He died on Tuesday, at 85.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/31/sports/frank-malzone-star-fielder-for-boston-red-sox-dies-at-85.html