Art LaFleur, recognized for his roles as Babe Ruth in The Sandlot and Chick Gandil in Discipline of Goals, has died. He was 78 years outdated. 

On Thursday, Nov. 18, his spouse, Shelley LaFleur, acknowledged in a poignant put up on Fb that Art had died after a 10-year battle with Parkinson’s illness.

Calling him “the love of [her] life,” Shelley defined that Art “introduced laughter to so many individuals” in movies like Discipline of Goals and The Santa Clause 2 in addition to on standard tv exhibits together with M*A*S*H, Matlock, Baywatch, Doogie Howser, Dwelling Enchancment, Boy Meets World, Home and most just lately Key and Peele.

His portrayal of Babe Ruth within the 1993 movie The Sandlot continues to be recognized to today for his supply of the enduring line: “Bear in mind child, there’s heroes and there is legends. Heroes get remembered, however legends by no means die! Comply with your coronary heart, child, and you may by no means go flawed.”