What is Vera Clemente?
{{Infobox person | name = Vera Clemente | image = Vera Clemente receiving medal (cropped).jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = Vera Cristina Zabala Vivada | birth_date = March 6, 1941 | birth_place = [[Puerto Rico]] | death_date = November 16, 2019 (aged 78) | death_place = [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]] | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = philanthropist | years_active = 1964-2019 | known_for = chair of the Roberto Clemente Foundation, founder of the Ciudad Deportiva Roberto Clemente | notable_works = }} '''Vera Clemente''' (March 6, 1941 – November 16, 2019) was a Puerto Rican philanthropist. She was the head of the Roberto Clemente Foundation. She founded a sports education center in Puerto Rico, and was a Goodwill Ambassador for [[Major League Baseball]]. She was the wife of baseball player [[Roberto Clemente]], who died in 1972, and the mother of sportscaster [[Roberto Clemente Jr.]] She went to the [[White House]] in 2003 to receive her husband's posthumous [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]. Clemente died of a short-illness on November 16, 2019 at a [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]] hospital, aged 78.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2019-11-19/vera-clemente-humanitarian-roberto-clemente-dead|title=Vera Clemente, humanitarian and widow of Pirates legend Roberto Clemente, dies|date=2019-11-19|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsbtv.com/news/trending-now/vera-clemente-widow-of-hall-of-famer-roberto-clemente-in-delicate-health-/1004338689|title=Vera Clemente, widow of Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente in 'delicate health'|last=EndPlay|date=2019-11-02|website=WSBTV|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-01}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Clemente, Vera}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Categor