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McKechnie died at age 79 in Bradenton, Florida. The Pirates spring training home, McKechnie Field in Bradenton, is named after him.
McKechnie's son Bill, Jr. was the farm system director of the Cincinnati Redlegs in the mid-1950s and later served as president of the Pacific Coast League, and he was also the father of former Syracuse radio station WNDR sportscaster Jim McKechnie.
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