Bobby Jenks, a two-time All-Star closer and World Series champion with the Chicago White Sox, has died at 44, the team announced Saturday.

Bobby Jenks, the larger-than-life flame-throwing reliever who helped the White Sox close out their first World Series title in almost a century, has died at age 44, the team announced Saturday. Jenks died Friday in Portugal, where he had been undergoing treatment for adenocarcinoma, a form of stomach cancer.

Former Chicago White Sox All-Star pitcher Bobby Jenks, who helped the club to a World Series title in 2005, died Friday in Sintra, Portugal, where he had been battling adenocarcinoma, a form of stomach cancer,