Red Sox legend Bill Buckner dies at age 69 from dementia

BOSTON (CBS) — Bill Buckner, who went down in Boston Red Sox history for the error that ended Game 6 of the 1986 World Series against the New York Mets but received warm welcomes at Fenway Park in his later years, has died, according to a report. He was 69 years old.ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap tweeted Monday that Buckner’s widow Jody told him that the former first baseman died of Lewy Body Dementia.Just got off the phone with Jody Buckner, who called to me that her husband, the great