Report: Gary Carter has brain tumours
Posted May 21, 2011 3:15 pm.
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Former Montreal Expos catcher and baseball Hall of Famer Gary Carter has been diagnosed with four small tumors on his brain and will be undergoing surgery in the next say or so, according to a report.
Citing sources “close to Carter,” Bill Madden of the New York Daily News reports the 57-year-old had been complaining of headaches and forgetfulness in recent days and underwent an MRI in a hosptial near his Palm Beach Gardens home Saturday, where the tumors were discovered.
The surgery will be performed at Duke University Hospital and it won’t be known until then whether the tumors are benign or malignant.
In 1980 with the Expos Carter hit 29 home runs, drove in 101 runs, and earned the first of his three consecutive Gold Glove Awards. That year he finished second to Phillies third
Nicknamed “The Kid,” Carter won five Silver Slugger awards and was inducted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 2003.
