Bobby Jenks: 1981-2025

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Relief hero of the 2005 World Series champions and one of the South Side’s all-time star closers, passes away at 44

Bobby Jenks, former Chicago White Sox All-Star pitcher and 2005 World Series Champion, passed away yesterday in Sintra, Portugal, where he had been battling adenocarcinoma, a form of stomach cancer. He was 44 years old.

Jenks had been receiving treatment near the home of his wife, Eleni Tzitzivacos, and with their two children, Zeno and Kate.