Saturday a lady was reunited with her soulmate in heaven. The rest of us are mourning the loss of Vera Clemente, 78, widow of Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder Roberto Clemente. Clemente died in a plane crash 1 mile off the coast of San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 31, 1972, while delivering relief supplies to victims of an earthquake in Managua, Nicaragua.
Because he was concerned about poor children and negative influences there, Clemente had a dream he intended to pursue upon his retirement from baseball; he wanted to build a Ciudad Deportiva, (Sports City) in his native Puerto Rico. After Clemente's death, it was Vera who worked tirelessly with the government of Puerto Rico and Major League Baseball and many other entities to make that dream a reality. She was an earth angel, and will be greatly missed by many in Puerto Rico, Pittsburgh and everywhere.
Vera Clemente is survived by the three sons she had with Roberto: Roberto, Jr., Luis, and Enrique. She never remarried.
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