For a couple of generations, Joe DiMaggio symbolized the word class. He was called the Yankee Clipper because he seemed to glide across the baseball field: stately, graceful and powerful.

New York Yankees’ star DiMaggio got a hit for 56 games in a row. No one has come close to beating his record. The New York Yankees’ Joe DiMaggio hits a single June 29, 1941, in a game against ...

"Marilyn turned to my dad and said, ‘Who’s Joe D?’ She had no idea who Joe DiMaggio was. She obviously wasn’t a baseball fan. So, he had to give her a quick history of the importance of ...

Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio in the 1950s Getty Images In the forthcoming “Joe and Marilyn: Legends in Love” (Atria Books), author C. David Heymann reveals the complicated, lifelong bond ...

(WSVN) - As Joe DiMaggio ... Just like DiMaggio, who said he owed the kid in the stands his best, Thompson said he owes the donor’s family and his hospital family his best. He’s thankful ...

Before Monroe, DiMaggio was married to actress Dorothy Arnold from 1939-43. They had one son, Joe Jr., who died at 57 in August 1999. DiMaggio died at 84 on March 8, 1999 from complications due to ...

After the 1950 season, Joe DiMaggio was asked to select ... and then beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series. DiMaggio expressed his gratitude to the more than 70,000 fans who honored ...

Colossal fame undid their short and stormy marriage – but newly-unearthed correspondence from Marilyn Monroe to Joe DiMaggio shows their love was real and endured right up to her tragic death.

Joe DiMaggio signs a contract with the New York Yankees making him the first $100,000-a-year baseball player. That was a lot of money in those days, but even inflation wouldn’t bring it remotely ...

Betty Bonney, a singer who was a favorite of jitterbuggers and other musical hepcats of the swing era with hit recordings ...

They called it “The Wrong Door Raid,” but for the rest of his life, DiMaggio would claim he was never there and knew nothing about it. When they met in 1952, Joe DiMaggio had just ended his ...