BREAKING NEWSTony Blanco is second former MLB star killed in Dominican Republic nightclub collapse after Octavio Dotel deathFormer Major League Baseball star Tony Blanco has died after a nightclub ceiling collapsed on him, killing at least 45 people. Blanco, 44, is the second ex-MLB player confirmed dead in the disaster at the Jet Set club in Santo Domingo at 12.44am local time on Tuesday.He played for the Washington Nationals in 2005 before spending eight seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan.Blanco's son, Tony Blanco Jr, is a minor league player for the Bradenton Marauders after being signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates.Octavio Dotel was the other MLB player killed in the ceiling collapse. Earlier on Tuesday, he was reported as having been rescued from the rubble after screaming for help. However, Dotel's brother Angel told El Nuevo Diario newspaper that he died before being pulled from underneath the debris.
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