Baseball legend Ryne Sandberg has died at the age of 65. Sandberg's former team the Chicago Cubs announced his death on Monday, July 28, via X. "With great sadness, we share that Ryne Sandberg has passed away today," their statement read alongside a photo of the athlete. No cause of death was given. Celebrity Deaths of 2025: Stars We've Lost This Year Sandberg revealed in January 2024 that he was battling metastatic prostate cancer. He announced that he was cancer-free seven months later. In December 2024, he shared that his cancer had returned and had spread.