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Former Boston Red Sox outfielder Mike Greenwell died on Thursday.

Greenwell played his 12 seasons for the Red Sox and finished second in the AL MVP voting in 1988.

Mike Greenwell, the longtime Boston Red Sox outfielder and two-time All-Star, has died. He was 62.

The Red Sox Hall of Famer passed away Thursday, his wife, Tracy Greenwell, confirmed to WINK, a radio station in Lee County, Florida. ESPN reported, citing the Boston Globe, that Mike Greenwell had medullary thyroid cancer.

"With a heavy heart, I lost my best friend today," Tracy Greenwell wrote on social media. "It was Mike’s time to be an angel. At 10:30 a.m. in Boston’s General Hospital. We are forever grateful for the life he has given us."

"We are deeply saddened by the passing of Red Sox Hall of Famer Mike Gre

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