Rickey Henderson, who forged a Hall of Fame career as the game’s stolen-base king, has died, MLB confirmed on Saturday after reports of his passing began to circulate. He was 65. TMZ reported that Henderson, who would have turned 66 on Christmas Day, died Friday in the Oakland, Calif., area after battling pneumonia.

Rickey Henderson, a prolific lead-off hitter for the Oakland Athletics in the 1980s and 90s who became baseball's all-time stolen bases leader, dies at 65.