Rafael “Felo” Ramirez, the beloved Hall of Fame Spanish-language radio voice of the Miami Marlins and an icon in Latin American baseball circles, died Monday night in Miami. He was 94.
Ramirez had been hospitalized since he fell and struck his head getting off the team bus in Philadelphia on April 26.
He spent nearly two months in a Delaware hospital before he was transported back to Miami in June where he continued his recovery. But Ramirez, who began his broadcasting career in Cuba calling baseball games and boxing matches back in 1945, eventually succumbed to his injuries.