{"id":590144,"date":"2026-04-17T17:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/590144\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T17:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:28:11","slug":"angels-hall-of-famer-garret-anderson-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/590144\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels Hall of Famer Garret Anderson dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ByABC7.com staff  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KABC logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/origin-kabc.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Friday, April 17, 2026 5:08PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Garret Anderson, Angels Hall of Famer, dies\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">ANAHEIM, Calif.  (KABC) &#8212; Garret Anderson, former player for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, has died, the team announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Details about this death were not immediately released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Garret will forever hold a special place in the hearts of Angels fans for his professionalism, class, and loyalty throughout his career and beyond,&#8221; the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXPQLN9iTw9\/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Angels said in a social media post<\/a>. &#8220;We extend our heartfelt condolences to the entire Anderson family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Los Angeles Angeles' Garret Anderson after hitting an RBI-base hit during the first inning of their Major League Baseball game, Sept. 7, 2007, in Los Angeles.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/18906395_041726-kabc-ap-TN-garret-anderson.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Angeles&#8217; Garret Anderson after hitting an RBI-base hit during the first inning of their Major League Baseball game, Sept. 7, 2007, in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>(AP Photo\/Mark J. Terrill)<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The left fielder was part of the Angels World Series-winning team back in 2002. He was also a three-time all-star and member of the Angels Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">DEVELOPING: We will add more details to this report as they become available.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByABC7.com staff Friday, April 17, 2026 5:08PM ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) &#8212; Garret Anderson, former player for the Los&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[257723,363,99],"class_list":["post-590144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-257723","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}