Wendell Kim, the long time coach with the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos, and San Francisco Giants, has passed away due to complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was 64.
Kim was diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease in 2006, a particularly aggressive form that affects less than 10% of all Alzheimer's patients. The condition robbed him of his ability to perform the most mundane of tasks, requiring 24-hour care in an assisted living facility.
His website "WK's Coach's Box," asks for donations to the following foundations to help fund research to cure Alzheimer's disease.
Sad news just heard former Red Sox third base coach Wendell Kim has passed away. RIP Wendall.
— Jerry Trupiano (@JerryTrupiano) February 15, 2015
Kim was diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease in 2006, a particularly aggressive form that affects less than 10% of all Alzheimer's patients. The condition robbed him of his ability to perform the most mundane of tasks, requiring 24-hour care in an assisted living facility.His website "WK's Coach's Box," asks for donations to the following foundations to help fund research to cure Alzheimer's disease.