For Hispanic Heritage Month, a spotlight on Roberto Clemente, sports hero and humanitarian

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The story of Roberto Clemente is a story that goes beyond baseball — and it's why a new book series for children just launched from Hispanic Star has profiled the star and highlighted his life story for children of all ages, in both English and Spanish.

This year of 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of Clemente's death in 1972 — a year of enormous achievement for him but also one of great sadness for his family and friends after his untimely passing at the end of that year.

In 1972 the star right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates won his 12th Golden Glove and notched his 3,000th-career hit. 

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After a devastating earthquake hit Nicaragua that year, Clemente — born in Puerto Rico — joined in on relief efforts to help people in need, according to many reports. 

Clemente boarded a plane on New Year’s Eve to help ensure that supplies would reach the recipients for which those supplies were intended.

However, according to multiple reports, the aircraft he chartered crashed shortly after taking off from Puerto Rico on Dec. 31, 1972. Clemente and four others perished in the crash.

He was only 38 years old.

He gave back to others in a way that many people didn't realize or appreciate during his lifetime.

Clemente was the youngest of seven children — and as an adult, he gave back to others in a way that many people didn't realize or appreciate during his lifetime.

Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente, a Hall of Famer. He passed away 50 years ago, in Dec. 1972, while trying to