Pete Rose, baseball's banned hits leader, has died at age 83

His achievements, including all-time record for hits, tainted by gambling

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Pete Rose, the all-time leader in Major League Baseball for career hits, died Sept. 30 at the age of 83. He was barred from the Hall of Fame after it was discovered that he bet on baseball. © AP

NEW YORK (AP) -- Pete Rose, baseball's career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. He was 83.

Stephanie Wheatley, a spokesperson for Clark County in Nevada, confirmed on behalf of the medical examiner that Rose died Monday. Wheatley said his cause and manner of death had not yet been determined.

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