Bobby Riggs Death
Bobby passed away on October 25, 1995 at the age of 77 in Leucadia, California, USA. Bobby's cause of death was prostate cancer.
When did Bobby Riggs die?
October 25, 1995How did Bobby Riggs die? What was the cause of death?
Prostate cancerHow old was Bobby Riggs when died?
77Where did Bobby Riggs die? What was the location of death?
Leucadia, California, USA
Bobby Riggs Birthday and Date of Death
Bobby Riggs was born on February 25, 1918 and died on October 25, 1995. Bobby was 77 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: February 25, 1918
Date of Death: October 25, 1995
Age at Death: 77
Bobby Riggs - Biography
Robert Larimore "Bobby" Riggs (February 25, 1918 – October 25, 1995) was an American tennis player who was the World No. 1 or the World co-No. 1 player for three years, first as an amateur in 1939, then as a professional in 1946 and 1947. He played his first professional tennis match on December 26, 1941.
Riggs was married twice, and had two sons from the first marriage, and three sons and a daughter from the second. Before he was 21 Riggs dated a fellow tennis player Pauline Betz. Then, at the Illinois state tournament, he met Catherine "Kay" Fischer. They married in early December 1939 in Chicago, and divorced in the early 1950s.
Riggs met his second wife, Priscilla Wheelan, on the courts of the LaGorce Country Club in Miami. Priscilla came from a wealthy family that owned the prominent America Photograph Corporation based in New York. They married in September 1952, divorced in 1971, and remarried in 1991.
Riggs was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1988. He and Lornie Kuhle founded the Bobby Riggs Tennis Club and Museum in Encinitas, California to increase awareness of the disease and house his memoirs/trophies. Riggs died on October 25, 1995, at his home in Leucadia, Encinitas, California, aged 77. He was survived by two sons from his first marriage, three children from his second marriage, two brothers and four grandchildren.
In his final days, Riggs remained in friendly contact with Billie Jean King, and King phoned him often. She called him shortly before his death, offering to visit him, but he did not want her to see him in his condition. She phoned him one last time, the night before his death and, according to King in an HBO documentary about her, the last thing she told Riggs was "I love you."
