Era hijo de María Clemente de Carolina, Puerto Rico.
Trabajó hasta el 1968 como capataz en una Central Azucarera.
Su hijo menor, Roberto Clemente Walker, fue y siempre será la mayor gloria de Puerto Rico. Rompió barreras culturales y raciales para pasar a ser el mejor jugador de beisbol profesional de la isla, siempre recordado y adorado por su pueblo, al igual que por los ciudadanos de Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, donde se encuentra a la entrada del Three River Stadium, donde jugaba, una gigante y hermosa escultura suya en la cual se repasa su vida, por siempre recibiendo a los que entran al mismo.
Melchor Clemente murió a los 91 años.
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Melchor Clemente was the husband of Luisa Walker from Carolina, Puerto Rico.They had 7 children: Daniel, Luis Daniel, Rosa María, Osvaldo, Justino, Andrés and Roberto Clemente y Walker. They lived in Barrio San Antón in Carolina, Puerto Rico.
He was the son of María Clemente from Carolina, Puerto Rico.
He worked until 1968 as a foreman in a sugar plantation.
His younger son, Roberto Clemente Walker, was and will forever be the greatest glory of Puerto Rico. He broke cultural and racial barriers to become the greatest professional baseball player in the island, always remembered and adored by everyone in the island, as well as by the people of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where there is, at the entrance of the Three River Stadium where he used to play, a gigantic sculpture of him in which his life is celebrated, forever welcoming everyone who enters the stadium.
Melchor Clemente was 91 years old.
Sources:
- 1930 United States Federal Census for Mechor Clemente Y Sanchez, Puerto Rico, Carolina, San Anton, District 11, page #5.
- Death certificate: Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001, San Juan, Defunciones, 1973 abr.-1976 may., registry #260, certificate #291, image #57.
Era hijo de María Clemente de Carolina, Puerto Rico.
Trabajó hasta el 1968 como capataz en una Central Azucarera.
Su hijo menor, Roberto Clemente Walker, fue y siempre será la mayor gloria de Puerto Rico. Rompió barreras culturales y raciales para pasar a ser el mejor jugador de beisbol profesional de la isla, siempre recordado y adorado por su pueblo, al igual que por los ciudadanos de Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, donde se encuentra a la entrada del Three River Stadium, donde jugaba, una gigante y hermosa escultura suya en la cual se repasa su vida, por siempre recibiendo a los que entran al mismo.
Melchor Clemente murió a los 91 años.
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Melchor Clemente was the husband of Luisa Walker from Carolina, Puerto Rico.They had 7 children: Daniel, Luis Daniel, Rosa María, Osvaldo, Justino, Andrés and Roberto Clemente y Walker. They lived in Barrio San Antón in Carolina, Puerto Rico.
He was the son of María Clemente from Carolina, Puerto Rico.
He worked until 1968 as a foreman in a sugar plantation.
His younger son, Roberto Clemente Walker, was and will forever be the greatest glory of Puerto Rico. He broke cultural and racial barriers to become the greatest professional baseball player in the island, always remembered and adored by everyone in the island, as well as by the people of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where there is, at the entrance of the Three River Stadium where he used to play, a gigantic sculpture of him in which his life is celebrated, forever welcoming everyone who enters the stadium.
Melchor Clemente was 91 years old.
Sources:
- 1930 United States Federal Census for Mechor Clemente Y Sanchez, Puerto Rico, Carolina, San Anton, District 11, page #5.
- Death certificate: Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001, San Juan, Defunciones, 1973 abr.-1976 may., registry #260, certificate #291, image #57.
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