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NEW YORK — Fritz Peterson, the New York Yankees pitcher who famously swapped wives and families with teammate Mike Kekich in 1973, has died. He was 81. Peterson died of lung cancer at his home in Winona, Minnesota, on Oct. 19, according to death records from the Winona County Vital Records Department. His body was cremated. News of his death began to emerge Friday with an announcement by Northern Illinois, his alma mater. Peterson disclosed in a Facebook post in July 2018 that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease several months earlier. He told The New York Times in 2009 that he had prostate cancer twice.
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