Larry Lucchino, Red Sox president when team won three world championships, dies at 78 - The Boston Globe
Red Sox owner John Henry called Mr. Lucchino “one of the most important executives in baseball history.”
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Larry Lucchino, whose tenure as Red Sox president included three World Series championships, with the first ending an 86-year drought, died Tuesday. He was 78.
Mr. Lucchino, whom franchise owner John Henry called “one of the most important executives in baseball history,” also served as president of the Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres, both of whom made dramatic improvements soon after his arrival.
During his 14 years in Boston, beginning in 2002, the club reached the playoffs seven times and won the Series in 2004, 2007, and 2013.
From 2016 to the time of his death, Mr. Lucchino also served as the chairman of the Jimmy Fund, which raises millions for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and is the Sox official charity.
Mr. Lucchino was a three-time survivor of cancer — lymphoma, prostate, and renal. He was a long-time trustee of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where he received treatment. Mr. Lucchino also was a major fund-raiser and donor for the Jimmy Fund, and in 2016 was named chairman, which he said was “an honor and a duty.”
Mr. Lucchino, who lived in Chestnut Hill, leaves his, wife, Stacey, daughter, Blair, and son, Davis.
Asked what he thought his legacy would be, Mr. Lucchino said: “He made a difference in cities he lived in.”
