(L.A.) Hideki Irabu, 42, Ended His Life

Case Number: 2011-04959

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 42-year-old Japanese male that occurred at his residence.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Hideki Irabu.

Manner of Death: Suicide

Cause of Death: Hanging

RIP HIDEKI IRABU (May 5, 1969 – July 27, 2011)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.

The decedent was a professional baseball player of mixed ancestry — his father was American, his mother Japanese. He was adopted by his mother’s husband. 伊良部 秀輝

Irabu played for the Lotte Orions / Chiba Lotte Marines and Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and for the New York Yankees, Montreal Expos, and Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).