Goodbye, No. 1: The death and funeral of Billy Martin | Eyewitness News Vault

[@BH02377]

One of the best managers in baseball history, period!

[@Bruhahaah]

Get real

[@hernandezhernandez3764]

Okland A's FAN in 1980 -92 the best !! Thanks dad for the memories!!😊

[@shocbomb23]

I will never forget this I was 11 years old and I was playing with my new toys near the tree when my Father put the news on and we heard what happened 😢

[@bradlott3284]

Went to high school with Billy Jr. Met his dad several times. Wonderful and sweet guy

[@BR_70]

People love real people. The man was flawed, who isn't? The man had passion, who doesn't? The man achieved things most of us never will, but he was just a man, with passion and flaws, anything is possible.

[@eW91dHViZSBpcyBjZW5zb3JzaGlw]

I want to go back to this simpler time,....

[@allencollins6031]

Me too

[@domenickmacri7936]

Me too

[@jerest1000]

we all do...

[@vitomcsween974]

One of the most tragic moments of history I didn't know him but he had a huge impact on my life even after he was gone

[@bigdrew565]

Honestly, I don't know that Billy lives much longer than he did. At the end of his last stint he looked like he was in pretty bad shape. His liver was about as shot as Mantle's was at the same age.

[@stevenjamesgiurbinojr6893]

dude always looked like he was 80yrs old his whole life, lol, skinny as a rail, feeble and weak looking too…..RIP 💐

[@kimkelly5512]

Billy Martin belongs in The Baseball Hall Of Fame for managers. Billy was the one driving according to Yankee history.

[@TBevill1231]

Still remember when he was guest announcer at Wrestlemania 1.

[@paulsonj72]

Yep he wasn't managing then He would come back as manager about a month later after WrestleMania I

[@victorsuarez3546]

R.I.P Billy. R.I.P. MLB from the past.

[@robertaustin4059]

One of the best in baseball rip billy

[@archstanton4365]

I remember this night well.

[@samushunter0048]

This is the Eyewitness news crew I remember when I was still living in NYC. Also remember when Billy died of the car crash.

[@samanthab1923]

Katy is still working! For WPIX 11

[@samushunter0048]

@@samanthab1923 cool

[@PeekaBooo24]

And Sam Champion has come back full 360 since he has been returned to Channel 7 Eyewitness News as the AM weatherperson

[@cynthiacopland8634]

What a Man! What a mighty fine man ⚾️⚾️⚾️

[@Bailey2006a]

A drunk, a hot head... he was glorious!

[@steverogers9824]

WOW WHEN THE NEWS WAS REAL ... MISS YOU BILLY 1

[@Jdwify]

That particular Christmas in 1989 was extremely icy. Roads all over the eastern United States were treacherous because of snow cover and then freezing drizzle which was occurring from Illinois eastward to the east coast. My family and I were driving home from South Bend, Indiana to Cincinnati, Ohio. The trip, which usually takes 4 hours, took almost 7 hours. As we were going through Indianapolis, we heard the news about Billy Martin. I always enjoyed them ads for Miller Lite(i think) that he did with George Steinbrenner. They were funny. RIP Billy and George.

[@HH-pk2wh]

Kaity Tong ❤

[@fire12731]

I remember this well

[@ericsamuelson5656]

John Covelli was a conductor for the Binghamton Symphony when I was a kid. I grew up in Deposit, New York since I was 5 years old after we left East Keansburg, New Jersey.

[@paulsonj72]

Was this Christmas Night 1989 and if so was it the 6PM or 11PM News(although the 11 PM News was delayed as ABC had a Monday Night Football Game that night)

[@barnabyjones6995]

Back when baseball was baseball and the United States were still united.

[@2020-g8s]

100%

[@netsfan88]

How so?

[@HH-pk2wh]

Amen 🙏

[@LinkRocks]

Oh shut up.

[@rayjr62]

ROLMAO. Yeah, right.

[@samuelgriffin4167]

Yankees won the 1977 World Series with the late Billy Martin

[@johnnyballenatl]

Of course, Billy Martin’s death wasn’t the only major story that dominated the news on Christmas Day 1989; Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were executed (under him, the country was denied celebrating the holiday for decades).

[@johncassani6780]

It’s funny. I was 9 back then, and remember both events very well, but did not remember that they took place on the same day. I believe Ceausescu was arrested, tried, and executed on that day.

[@jayritchie851]

Billy had his flaws as a person but as a Manager, he won everywhere he went. He should be in the HOF.

[@mjp96]

We all have our flaws, obviously - but he always came across to me as a good-hearted person. That's all that matters.

[@KeithS-sl6ii]

He lived life the way i wished I did

[@richardtoplitsky322]

I remember this Christmas

[@jimboscooter432]

RIP

[@TheBrooklynbodine]

Norman Rose doing the voice-over at the start, right?

[@paulfox7899]

One of a kind.

[@MikeCee7]

Did Reggie Jackson attend the funeral?

[@HH-pk2wh]

He is missed .

[@bluet6898]

Remember those newscasters ,David Navarro and Jim Dolan are still there, Kaity Tong is on another local channel, whatever happened to Greg Hurst and Marc Steven's? Remember of course Billy Martin, he was a train wreck, sadly.

[@shirellgamble1063]

Greg went to Tx then moved to TN he been gone 23years ago

[@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@nobhill6808]

🕯️

[@JCordoba1001]

Lol Kaity Tong couldn’t introduce herself?

[@Chris-cq5pw]

Seems like a troubled guy. Thank god the drunk driver’s car didn’t kill any innocent bystanders.

[@douglascritchlow2207]

Don't drink and drive

[@nellycollins7878]

Yooo, Kaity Tong hasn't aged

[@samushunter0048]

True. She looks amazing to this day

[@samuelgriffin4167]

Billy Martin fired from The Yankees too many times

[@Daniel-yr7ld]

I want to see a clip when Kaity fills in for Bill Beutel so I can hear Roz Abrams say “the news continues now with KAITY Tong!”

[@rayjr62]

LMAO @ Roz Abrams. She was a real piece of work. I remember when she worked at KRON back in the 1980s.

[@TrayDyer38]

Billy didn’t punch that Doggy… but he was driving when he crashed HIS pick up truck that killed him.

[@kevinburke6055]

No he wasn't the autopsy proves he was the right side of the vehicle but no seat belt u can blame him for that.

[@joeyrossetti13]

william reedy was driving and he was convicted in his drunk driving trial

[@d.l.l.6578]

One gets the impression this was a drunk driving accident.

[@joeyrossetti13]

william reedy was arrested for drunk driving then claimed that billy was driving. It was proved that reedy was driving at his drunk driving trial

[@rubedogg6969]

I didn’t punch that doggie. RIP

[@dorothysewing9997]

And the Yankees would have one of their worst seasons that next season. They would go on to have a record of 67-95.

[@shrapnel77]

I said Bud Light, not turn right!

[@newyork2021]

John 8:12 “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” King James Version (KJV) 1 Timothy 2:5 “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;” King James Version (KJV) Matthew 6:20 “But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:” King James Version (KJV) Mark 8:36 “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” King James Version (KJV) Hebrews 9:27 “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:” King James Version (KJV) John 3:3 “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” King James Version (KJV)

[@kendallevans4079]

Billy was a drunk, was his whole life. It finally caught up with him.

[@joeyrossetti13]

his friend was driving but they both were drunk

[@wallyohrel9086]

He did have few 🍺⚾️🍺⚾️🍺

[@BR_70]

News people are so phony.

[@Bruhahaah]

Alcohol did him in, he and Mantle.

[@mamatemari6061]

Katy Tong moved from WABC to WPIX WB 11