# Carmen Berra, wife of Yogi, passes at 85

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 9, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carmen-berra-wife-of-yogi-passes-at-85/683240 "2014-03-09T03:41:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carmen-berra-wife-of-yogi-passes-at-85/683240/1 "2014-03-09T03:41:51Z")

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[Complications from an earlier stroke](http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/yogi-berra-wife-65-years-carmen-dead-85-article-1.1714228).  
The couple had celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Jan 26.

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> Born Carmen Short in Missouri in 1928, Carmen Berra married Yogi on Jan. 26, 1949, when he was a 23-year-old catcher with the Yankees. They went on to raise three sons, Larry, Tim and Dale, and have 11 grandchildren. Dale Berra played for the Pirates and Yankees and Tim played for the then-Baltimore Colts.
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> “She died peacefully — she went the way she would have wanted to,” Larry Berra told the Daily News on Friday. “We’re grateful that she and Dad were able to spend some good time together (Thursday). I’m not just saying this because she was my mom, but she was one of the great women of all time.”

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**Author:** ![babygoat666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@babygoat666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/babygoat666)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carmen-berra-wife-of-yogi-passes-at-85/683240/2 "2014-03-09T03:54:36Z")

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A whole thread, huh?

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carmen-berra-wife-of-yogi-passes-at-85/683240/3 "2014-03-09T03:57:05Z")

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It ain’t over till it’s over.