--- title: Yogi Berra of New York Yankees Dead: Celebrity Tweets description: New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra is dead and celebrity mourn in tweets on Twitter canonical: https://time.com/4046102/yogi-berra-new-york-yankees-tweets/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-23T14:20:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:49.867Z og:title: Yogi Berra of New York Yankees Dead: Celebrity Tweets og:description: "A true legend" og:url: https://time.com/4046102/yogi-berra-new-york-yankees-tweets/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Yogi Berra of New York Yankees Dead: Celebrity Tweets twitter:description: "A true legend" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's How Celebrities Remembered Baseball Legend Yogi Berra on Social Media ## Video: Yankees Legend Yogi Berra Dies At Age 90 [Watch (HLS stream): Yankees Legend Yogi Berra Dies At Age 90](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/58kKzIU0.m3u8) (1:09)  _Published 2015-09-23. The Yankees Hall of Fame catcher was 90 years old. He was inducted into baseball's HoF in 1972._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Sep 23, 2015 2:20 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Sep 23, 2015 2:20 PM UTC Legendary New York Yankees catcher and Hall of Famer Yogi Berra died of natural causes at his New Jersey home Tuesday. He was 90\. Politicians, actors, and current and former professional athletes took to Twitter to remember the especially quotable man (known for his Yogisms), who played with the Yankees from 1946-63, helping the club reach the World Series 14 times and win 10 titles. > [](https://twitter.com/Sethrogen/status/646673623613358080) > [](https://twitter.com/MikeBloomberg/status/646669510318129152) > [](https://twitter.com/SamuelLJackson/status/646572849906384896) > [](https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/646658079489138688) > [](https://twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/646585306725134336) > [](https://twitter.com/davidortiz/status/646665013072146432) > [](https://twitter.com/BMcCarthy32/status/646571264941789184) > [](https://twitter.com/RealCJ10/status/646580912667381760) > [](https://twitter.com/DaveWinfieldHOF/status/646573379072364544) _Read next:_ [Yogi Berra Was An American All-Timer](http://time.com/4045969/yogi-berra-dead-appreciation/) ### See Photos From Yogi Berra’s First Years in the Major Leagues  Yogi Berra, 1949. George Silk & Bernard Hoffman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Yogi remembers his mask as he leaves the dugout for the June 24th game with Detroit. He knocked in four of Yankee's five runs with a double and a homer. Bernard Hoffman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Yogi Berra with his wife Carmen at home, 1949. George Silk & Bernard Hoffman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Yogi relaxes with type of reading he likes next best to comic books. He once asked a teammate studying a medical textbook, "How did it come out?" George Silk—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Yogi Berra playing cards with his wife, Carmen, 1949. George Silk & Bernard Hoffman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Baseball player Yogi Berra relaxing at home, 1949. George Silk—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Yogi Berra, 1949. George Silk & Bernard Hoffman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Yogi Berra, 1949. Bernard Hoffman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Yogi Berra, 1949. George Silk & Bernard Hoffman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. Devoted wife Carmen, who is 22, a former waitress, busses Yogi before he leaves for clubhouse. They expect a little rookie about Christmas time. George Silk—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4046102/yogi-berra-new-york-yankees-tweets/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4046102/yogi-berra-new-york-yankees-tweets/"},"headline":"Here's How Celebrities Remembered Baseball Legend Yogi Berra on Social Media","datePublished":"2015-09-23T14:20:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:43:49.867Z","description":"\"A true legend\"","url":"https://time.com/4046102/yogi-berra-new-york-yankees-tweets/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sports topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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