Per NBCSN Philly:
Roy Halladay has died in a plane crash over the Gulf of Mexico.
Halladay, 40, has been an amateur pilot since retiring after the 2013 season. The crash took place in Holiday, Florida, which is just north of Clearwater and Dunedin. It was reported by a private resident at 12:06 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Pasco County Sherriff's Office.
The plane was found upside-down, and no survivors were found. Halladay had resided in the area with his wife, Brandy, and two sons.The son of a pilot, flying has long been a passion of Halladay's."I've been dreaming about flying since I was a boy but was only able to become a pilot once I retired from baseball," Halladay told IconAircraft.com in October.He was flying a Model Year 2018 A5 plane made by ICON Aircraft, the first of its kind."She's fought me the whole way," Halladay said of his wife in a video on the ICON Aircraft website."I was very against it," she added.
Despite spending just four seasons in Philadelphia, Halladay is one of the more beloved figures in recent Phillies history and spent time in his post-playing career as a special instructor at Phillies spring training. He won the Cy Young award in 2010, his first season with the Phils, and was the runner-up the following season. He pitched a perfect game in Miami in 2010 and authored one of only two playoff no-hitters in baseball history that October against the Reds."We are numb over the very tragic news about Roy Halladay's untimely death," the Phillies said in a statement. "There are no words to describe the loss of one of the most respected human beings to ever play the game. It is with the heaviest of hearts that we pass along our condolences to Brandy, Ryan and Braden."
This sucks man. Doc Halladay was one of our generations greats. I don't even know what to say right now. The only appropriate thing I can think of for the time being is to sit back and enjoy some of the best pitching highlights known to man. Rest Easy Doc, you will be missed.