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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]
Ruth married Claire Hodgson on opening day of the 1929 baseball season. He adopted Julia, and Claire adopted Dorothy in 1930, and they all lived together, with Claire’s extended family, in an...
While her sister Julia Ruth Stevens relished the spotlight of being the daughter of one of the most legendary baseball players ever, Dorothy Ruth Pirone, preferred to be out of that glare. Yet, her story was an intriguing one, too.
Dorothy Ruth Pirone, whose father was Babe Ruth but who did not learn the identity of her natural mother until she was 59 years old, died yesterday at her home in Durham, Conn. She was 68 years...
Dorothy Ruth Pirone, who was Ruth’s younger daughter from a previous relationship, is deceased. “I knew who he was,” Stevens said when her mother married Ruth. “I was not surprised.
DURHAM, Conn. -- Private funeral services were planned for Dorothy Ruth Pirone,the daughter of baseball legend Babe Ruth. Pirone, 68, died Thursday following a brief illness at her home,...
Dorothy Ruth Pirone, the daughter of baseball’s Babe Ruth, died at home Thursday of natural causes. She was 68 years old. Pirone lived for more than a dozen years in Durham, where she raised ...
Dorothy Ruth Pirone is the daughter of Babe Ruth, onetime great baseball slugger and colorful character, and the “it” she rode in is a Pierce Arrow, 1923 vintage, owned by Jamestown’s Les ...
baseball player. Dorothy Helen Ruth Pirone was the biological daughter of Babe Ruth and his mistress Juanita Jennings. Background. She wrote a memoir of her father, titled My Dad, the Babe. Dorothy was born June 7, 1921 in New York City, at Saint Vincent"s Hospital to Juanita Jennings, and was adopted by Babe and Helen Ruth. Career.
Dorothy (Ruth) Pirone is Notable. Dorothy Ruth Pirone was the daughter of legendary Major League Baseball Player, Babe Ruth and his mistress, Juanita Jennings. Dorothy was adopted by Babe Ruth and his first wife Helen, and raised to believe that Helen was her birth mother.