I was half *** reading your post and saying to myself, “Willie Mays is still alive, no fūcking way an alligator got him”, then I realized you were talking about a pet. Still, really bad luck, though. That’s not cool.
A very close relative of mine went to high school with his two sons, Henry and Larry, and knew him as well.
Had a lot of great stories about them. All good.
Hank Aaron was a super classy guy. And had to put up with a lot in his career as he was approaching surpassing Babe Ruth’s record.