Gerald Peter Remy, commonly known as Jerry Remy, (November 8, 1952 – October 30, 2021) was an American Major League Baseball broadcaster and Major League Baseball second baseman. An all-star second baseman originally drafted by the California Angels in 1971, he was traded to his hometown Boston Red Sox in 1977. After a series of injuries forced his retirement in 1985, he began a career in broadcasting.
In 1988, he joined NESN as a color commentator for Red Sox broadcasts.
Remy was born in Fall River, Massachusetts. He grew up in nearby Somerset, Massachusetts. He studied at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island.
Remy suffered from depression. In 2008, Remy was diagnosed with lung cancer and had surgery. On June 12, 2017, Remy announced that the lung cancer returned. His cancer treatment ended in January 2018, but the cancer returned in August 2018.
Remy was married to Phoebe Remy. Together, they had three children. On August 16, 2013, his son, Jared, was arrested in the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend, Jennifer Martel, a charge he pleaded guilty to on May 27, 2014 and was sentenced to life in state prison without the possibility of parole.
Remy died on October 30, 2021 from lung cancer in Waltham, Massachusetts, aged 68.
