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Helen Woodford Ruth (October 20, 1897 – January 11, 1929) was the first wife of American baseball player Babe Ruth and the adoptive mother of his daughter Dorothy. Ruth died in a house fire in 1929, the circumstances of which sparked controversy at the time and, to an extent, remains so today.
Claire Ruth at the unveiling of a memorial plaque in honor of her husband, Babe Ruth, at Baltimore's old Memorial Stadium (1955) Claire Merritt Hodgson Ruth (born Clara Mae Merritt; September 11, 1900 [1] – October 25, 1976) was a native of Athens, Georgia, United States, who is most famous for having been the second wife of Babe Ruth.
Shortly after Ruth's death the New York City Council voted to create Babe Ruth Plaza near Yankee Stadium. [23] After his burial, a granite monument was placed on top of his gravesite, depicting Jesus Christ blessing a boy in a baseball uniform. His wife Claire was later buried alongside him, after her death in 1976. [24]
On April 17, 1929, three months after the death of his first wife, Ruth married actress and model Claire Merritt Hodgson and adopted her daughter Julia. [201] It was the second and final marriage for both parties.
Sixty-seven years ago today, in 1948, baseball legend Babe Ruth died at the age of 53 -- just 23 years after his retirement from the game he changed forever. For 54 years, Babe Ruth was the MLB's ...
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It's not quite "The House That Ruth Built," but Babe Ruth's former home in Sudbury, Mass., is on sale for $1.65 million. "Home Plate Farm" was built in 1800 and purchased by Ruth in 1922. He lived ...
Dorothy Ruth Pirone (born Dorothy Helen Ruth; June 7, 1921 – May 18, 1989) was the allegedly biological daughter of the American baseball player Babe Ruth and his mistress Juanita Jennings (born Juanita Grenandtz). [1] She was adopted by Babe and his first wife Helen Woodford Ruth of Boston, Massachusetts.