Employees at the luxury Las Vegas building that Pete Rose lived in had tried to check on the MLB hits king just hours before he was found dead, 911 tapes revealed.
The 911 call made by workers at Panorama Towers where Rose had resided was obtained by TMZ and published on Monday evening.
Rose died on Sept. 30 at his home and was discovered by his son.
The medical examiner ruled that Rose had died from natural causes related to hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Now the 911 call revealed more details of what occurred the day he died and how employees had banged on his door two hours before he was found, but there had been no answer despite a TV loudly playing inside Rose’s apartment, according to TMZ.
After the workers couldn’t make contact with Rose, his son was notified and he later arrived at the unit to find the baseball great had passed.
A clip of the call that was published by the outlet portrayed a somewhat confusing scene that included a friend of the family saying they were a Las Vegas Metro Police officer to try and get on the property.
“There was concerns earlier as far as Pete Rose’s situation because he was shaking and he wasn’t answering the door,” a male worker could be heard telling the 911 operator. “He wasn’t responsive, so now he has family and friends out here trying to get on property. But we have this one gentleman that’s here portraying to be Metro and we can’t confirm if he’s Metro or not.”
The operator could be heard re-directing the conversation to ascertain if Rose was alive or not.
That’s when the worker said that the son had confirmed that his father had passed.
Rose had traveled to an autograph singing in Nashville the day before he died and had been able to spend time with some of his teammates from his championship-winning Reds team in 1975 and 1976.