Joseph paul dimaggio iii jr

Joe DiMaggio Jr., the only child of baseball great Joe DiMaggio, died at a local hospital apparently of natural causes, relatives and hospital officials said today.

DiMaggio, 57, was one of the six pallbearers at the funeral of his father in March.

He was estranged from his father, though, and had seen him infrequently in the years before the elder DiMaggio's death.

He was the only son of DiMaggio and Dorothy Arnold, an actress whom the elder DiMaggio married in 1939.

The elder DiMaggio did not have any children with his second wife, Marilyn Monroe.

The younger DiMaggio, who was divorced, had two stepdaughters with whom his father was very attached and doted over as a grandfather.

Joe DiMaggio Jr.

was not breathing and had no heartbeat when he was brought by ambulance to Sutter Delta Medical Center late Friday night, hospital spokeswoman Nancy Monfort said. Attempts at resuscitation were unsuccessful and he died about 11:25 p.m.

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