Liver Failure Puts Mantle in Hospital
Baseball great Mickey Mantle has developed progressive liver failure and might need a liver transplant, a close friend of the Hall of Famer said Tuesday in Dallas.
Mantle, 63, was admitted May 28 to Baylor University Medical Center. Hospital spokeswoman Denise Kile Walton said he was in stable condition.
Roy True, a Dallas attorney and longtime friend of the former New York Yankee center fielder, said in a statement that doctors have characterized Mantle’s condition as progressive liver failure due to infection.
True quoted specialists in the field of gastroenterology as saying that Mantle may require a liver transplant.
Mantle will remain hospitalized until he has sufficiently recovered.
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