Michael Kay announced on his ESPN New York radio show that Sterling, 87, died on Monday after complications following open-heart surgery and a long rehabilitation.
Kay said Sterling had suffered multiple heart attacks, became bedridden and lost the ability to walk, while pushing to recover in time to walk his daughter Abigail down the aisle this summer.
Sterling was the longtime voice of the New York Yankees and Kay's ABC radio partner from 1992 to 2001; in February, Sterling said on WFAN that he had suffered a heart attack.
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