The New York Yankees on Thursday paid tribute to Henry Kissinger after the previous U.S. secretary of state died Wednesday on the age of 100.
“The Yankees are profoundly saddened by the passing of former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who carried out assorted and important diplomatic and advisory roles all through his distinguished profession,” the group mentioned in a press release.
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger takes within the sport between the New York Yankees and Boston Crimson Sox, August 28, 2007, at Yankee Stadium. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Photos)
“A lifelong friend of the Yankees organization, he was a frequent welcome guest of the Steinbrenner family at Yankee Stadium. We offer our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and all who had the privilege of knowing him. He will be deeply missed.”
Kissinger was quoted as saying in Yankees Journal in 2012 that he began to attend video games on the outdated Yankee Stadium when he moved from Germany to the U.S. in 1938.
On the time, he mentioned that Joe DiMaggio’s play made him love the game.
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Okay.T. McFarland, a former deputy nationwide safety adviser, mentioned Henry Kissinger laid the groundwork for a technology of peace within the Center East. (Daniel Vogl/Image Alliance through Getty Photos)
“When a ball was hit to him, he sometimes looked as if he were loping, but suddenly he would get to the ball,” Kissinger mentioned. “I identified the Yankees with Joe DiMaggio, but in those days — at which time I was working in a factory — it never occurred to me that some day I would meet him. That was beyond the American dream.”
The German-born American diplomat, educational and presidential adviser who served as secretary of state for 2 presidents and left his stamp on U.S. international coverage for many years pioneered the coverage of détente with the Soviet Union, started a rapprochement with China and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 for negotiating the Paris Peace Accords to finish U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
He additionally performed a number one function within the normalization of diplomatic ties between the U.S. and China below Presidents Nixon and Ford.
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger speaks throughout a gathering with President Trump within the Oval Workplace on Oct. 10, 2017. (Evan Vucci)
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Kissinger, alongside along with his household, escaped Nazi Germany when he was 15. He’s survived by his spouse, Nancy, who he married in 1974, and two kids, David and Elizabeth, from his first marriage.
Fox Information’ Adam Sabes contributed to this report.
