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Rios died in 1995, back home in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. In 2006, a morbidly-minded Missouri mediaperson discovered that the Royals led the 1969 expansion teams in deceased alumni, with 16 Royals, as of that date, who were off the list for "reunion' events. (Ex-Royals list, as of 2006: Jerry Adair, Ken Brett, Al Cowens, Moe Drabowsky, Joe Foy, Aurelio Lopez, Jerry May, Aurelio Monteagudo, Don O'Riley, Vada Pinson, Darrell Porter, Dan Quisenberry, Rios, Ken Sanders, Tony Solaita, and Chris Zachary.)

So the Expos may be dead, but the (individual) Expos mostly live on!

(Pardon the mortality notes; I was just leafing through my 2000 Mets yearbook and seeing Tommie Agee and Tug McGraw at the 30th Anniversary of 1969 celebration in there…)

The Royals are up to 31 deceased former players as of today (by 2006 they were actually up to 20 -- and Ken Sanders wasn't one of them -- he's still alive.
In Memoriam - Kansas City Royals History