Damn. I knew he had been sick for a while.

I read his biography “Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball,” and really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, it ended at his trade to the Yanks. It would’ve been really cool to have documented his time with the Yanks (I think a follow up was released a few years later). He cleaned himself up and became a drug counselor, I think.

IIRC, he only lasted a year + in NY. Butted heads with Steinbrenner, IIRC. Some of his stuff can be found in the book “The Best Team Money Can Buy” (some things never change, WRT theme, eh?)