Father of Rep. Connie Mack, III
CONNIE MACK JR. DIES FROM CANCER
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Connie Mack Jr., father of Florida's U.S. senator and son of Hall of Fame baseball manager Connie Mack, died Wednesday from cancer of the esophagus. He was 83.
Mack, formally known as Cornelius McGillicuddy Jr., moved to Florida in 1951 after 15 years as an executive with the Philadelphia Athletics, owned and managed by his father.
He played baseball and basketball at Duke before going to coach with the A's in 1935 at age 22. He spent one season on the sidelines before going to the team's front office.
"I learned about life by watching how my father lived his, thinking of others above himself," Mack once said of his famous baseball father. "He taught us through his actions, he didn't need words."
In addition to several real estate ventures in the Fort Myers area, Mack spent thousands of hours volunteering at two local hospitals over a period spanning 40 years.
An Army veteran, Mack is survived by his wife of 61 years, Susan; three daughters and four sons, including U.S. Sen. Connie Mack, R-Cape Coral. Another son died on cancer in 1979.
Gettysburg Times: April 18, 1996
CONNIE MACK JR. DIES FROM CANCER
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Connie Mack Jr., father of Florida's U.S. senator and son of Hall of Fame baseball manager Connie Mack, died Wednesday from cancer of the esophagus. He was 83.
Mack, formally known as Cornelius McGillicuddy Jr., moved to Florida in 1951 after 15 years as an executive with the Philadelphia Athletics, owned and managed by his father.
He played baseball and basketball at Duke before going to coach with the A's in 1935 at age 22. He spent one season on the sidelines before going to the team's front office.
"I learned about life by watching how my father lived his, thinking of others above himself," Mack once said of his famous baseball father. "He taught us through his actions, he didn't need words."
In addition to several real estate ventures in the Fort Myers area, Mack spent thousands of hours volunteering at two local hospitals over a period spanning 40 years.
An Army veteran, Mack is survived by his wife of 61 years, Susan; three daughters and four sons, including U.S. Sen. Connie Mack, R-Cape Coral. Another son died on cancer in 1979.
Gettysburg Times: April 18, 1996
Father of Rep. Connie Mack, III
CONNIE MACK JR. DIES FROM CANCER
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Connie Mack Jr., father of Florida's U.S. senator and son of Hall of Fame baseball manager Connie Mack, died Wednesday from cancer of the esophagus. He was 83.
Mack, formally known as Cornelius McGillicuddy Jr., moved to Florida in 1951 after 15 years as an executive with the Philadelphia Athletics, owned and managed by his father.
He played baseball and basketball at Duke before going to coach with the A's in 1935 at age 22. He spent one season on the sidelines before going to the team's front office.
"I learned about life by watching how my father lived his, thinking of others above himself," Mack once said of his famous baseball father. "He taught us through his actions, he didn't need words."
In addition to several real estate ventures in the Fort Myers area, Mack spent thousands of hours volunteering at two local hospitals over a period spanning 40 years.
An Army veteran, Mack is survived by his wife of 61 years, Susan; three daughters and four sons, including U.S. Sen. Connie Mack, R-Cape Coral. Another son died on cancer in 1979.
Gettysburg Times: April 18, 1996
CONNIE MACK JR. DIES FROM CANCER
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Connie Mack Jr., father of Florida's U.S. senator and son of Hall of Fame baseball manager Connie Mack, died Wednesday from cancer of the esophagus. He was 83.
Mack, formally known as Cornelius McGillicuddy Jr., moved to Florida in 1951 after 15 years as an executive with the Philadelphia Athletics, owned and managed by his father.
He played baseball and basketball at Duke before going to coach with the A's in 1935 at age 22. He spent one season on the sidelines before going to the team's front office.
"I learned about life by watching how my father lived his, thinking of others above himself," Mack once said of his famous baseball father. "He taught us through his actions, he didn't need words."
In addition to several real estate ventures in the Fort Myers area, Mack spent thousands of hours volunteering at two local hospitals over a period spanning 40 years.
An Army veteran, Mack is survived by his wife of 61 years, Susan; three daughters and four sons, including U.S. Sen. Connie Mack, R-Cape Coral. Another son died on cancer in 1979.
Gettysburg Times: April 18, 1996
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