section_path: Personal life/Illness and death
section_name: Illness and death
paragraph_text: Illness and death
  
  On April 27, 2010, Uecker announced that he was going to miss 10–12 weeks of the 2010 baseball season because of heart surgery. His aortic valve and a portion of his aortic root were successfully replaced four days later, and he returned to broadcasting for the Brewers on July 23. On October 14, 2010, the Brewers announced Uecker would again undergo heart surgery, this time to repair a tear at the site of his valve replacement.
  
  Uecker was diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer in 2023. He died at his Menomonee Falls home on January 16, 2025, ten days shy of his 91st birthday.
  
  On April 27, 2010, Uecker announced that he was going to miss 10–12 weeks of the 2010 baseball season because of heart surgery. His aortic valve and a portion of his aortic root were successfully replaced four days later, and he returned to broadcasting for the Brewers on July 23. On October 14, 2010, the Brewers announced Uecker would again undergo heart surgery, this time to repair a tear at the site of his valve replacement.
  
  Uecker was diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer in 2023. He died at his Menomonee Falls home on January 16, 2025, ten days shy of his 91st birthday.