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Gary Carter dead at 57 from brain cancer

Originally published: February 16, 2012 5:11 PM
Updated: February 16, 2012 9:56 PM
By STEVEN MARCUS AND DAVID LENNON steven.marcus@newsday.com, david.lennon@newsday.com

Photo credit: Getty/Focus On Sport | Catcher Gary Carter of the New York Mets looks on before the start of an Major League Baseball game at Shea Stadium circa 1986.

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Gary Carter, the Hall of Fame catcher who helped lead the Mets to the world championship in 1986, died Thursday after a 10-month battle with brain cancer. He was 57. Kimmy Bloemers announced her father's passing on the family's website.

"The baseball world lost one of its gladiators today, and I have lost a friend,'' said former pitcher Ron Darling, Carter's teammate on the '86 Mets, in a...

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