CHICAGO-- The Chicago Cubs announced that former Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg died at 65. In January of 2023, he announced that he was diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. In August, he said that he was cancer-free, but by December, the disease was back and had spread to other organs. 

Sandberg was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005. Sandberg started with the Phillies in 1981 before being traded to the Cubs and then managed the Phillies from 2013-15. He re-joined the Cubs in 2016 as a "goodwill ambassador." He and his wife, Margaret, founded Ryno Kid Care.