Former Red Sox Standout Crushes ESPN Over Bobby Jenks Death Post: 'Do Some Research' originally appeared on Athlon Sports. ESPN joined the likes of Major League Baseball, Fox Sports, and Barstool Sports among the major sports outlets that acknowledged former Chicago White Sox closer Bobby Jenks’ death this past weekend.

Bobby Jenks’ death has devastated his former White Sox teammates. The 44-year-old former closer, who finished off Chicago’s 2005 World Series triumph, died Friday after a battle with adenocarcinoma, a form of stomach cancer.

Bobby Jenks, the closer for the 2005 World Series champion Chicago White Sox, has died of stomach cancer at 44.