MLB Player’s Wife, 36, Dies in Venezuelan Earthquakes

Instagram/Gorkys Hernández / Instagram/Gorkys HernándezThe wife of former Major League Baseball outfielder Gorkys Hernández was killed in the deadly earthquakes that struck northern Venezuela this week, her husband revealed. “You are and always will be the queen of my life—the most beautiful, lovely, and precious woman in the world,” Hernández, 38, wrote on Instagram of his wife, Deisy Tovar de Hernández. More than 1,400 people are known to have been killed in twin 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that rocked the country Wednesday. But tens of thousands of Venezuelans are missing, and screams from those trapped in buildings can still be heard. Deisy, 36, was with a number of family members of players on the La Guaira Delfines team at the Hotel Eduards ahead of a game with her husband’s team, the Aragua Tigres. Hernández rushed to the hotel in the town of La Guaira when the quakes struck, but it was too late. “You were always the one who found a way to lift me up during my darkest moments. You were, and always will be, the most beautiful woman in my life. You will always be with me, every hour of every day,” Hernández wrote. “Fly high, my princess, my queen. May God hold you in His glory. Guide me as I move forward and continue to care for our family.” The couple married last year. Tovar had a daughter from a previous relationship. Hernandez played in the U.S. for the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Miami Marlins, the San Francisco Giants, and the Boston Red Sox.Read it at The New York PostRead more at The Daily Beast.