# Vera Clemente

> Vera Zabala Clemente was a Puerto Rican philanthropist who was the head of the Roberto Clemente Foundation. She founded a sports education facility in Puerto Rico and was a Goodwill Ambassador for Major League Baseball. She was the wife of baseball player Roberto Clemente, who died in 1972, and the mother of sportscaster Roberto Clemente Jr. She went to the White House in 2003 to receive her husband's posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom.

*Puerto Rican philanthropist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/vera-clemente

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Business Professional
- **Category:** Business Professionals
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1941-03-07
- **Died:** 2019-11-16
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Vera Zabala Clemente was a Puerto Rican philanthropist who was the head of the Roberto Clemente Foundation. She founded a sports education facility in Puerto Rico and was a Goodwill Ambassador for Major League Baseball. She was the wife of baseball player Roberto Clemente, who died in 1972, and the mother of sportscaster Roberto Clemente Jr. She went to the White House in 2003 to receive her husband's posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 41.7
- **Momentum:** 7.1

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1692781/ (@nm1692781)

## Sources
- [Vera Zabala](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Zabala)
- [Vera Clemente](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Clemente)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76976884)

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