The scene at Billy Martin’s funeral, with Jill Martin and Billy Jr. (second from left). AP Martin Jr. said he had planned to visit his dad on his farm near Binghamton, where he was returning ...

The last time I saw Billy Martin was in early December of 1989, during the winter meetings in Nashville. He was there in his role as a Yankees special adviser, which kept him on the payroll and ...

Billy III, 16, Gunner Mantle, 15, and Olivia Grace, 12, are the grandchildren Martin never met because of a 1989 Christmas Day auto accident that killed the fiery former Yankees second baseman and ...

Billy Martin (r.), with Reggie Jackson, manages the Yankees five times under George Steinbrenner. New York Daily News How the Daily News covered the Dec. 25, 1989 death of Billy Martin.

Martin, 61, a passenger in a pickup truck, was pronounced dead at 6:56 p.m. Monday at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Johnson City, N.Y. Cause of death was possible head injuries and severe internal ...

Billy Martin had become ingrained in the history of the New York Yankees for the past four decades. The former second baseman, and five time manager, died on Christmas Day in 1989 in a single car ...