Bill Melton, a star slugger for the Chicago White Sox in the 1970s who later became a fixture on their broadcasts as a pregame and postgame TV analyst for more than two decades, has died.

Chicago White Sox legend Bill Melton died early Thursday morning at the age of 79. He passed in Phoenix, Ariz. after a brief illness. A 10-year veteran, he spent eight years with the White Sox ...

CHICAGO — Bill Melton, a star slugger for the Chicago White Sox in the 1970s who later became a fixture on their broadcasts as a pregame and postgame TV analyst for more than two decades ...