Former Columbus Clingstones executive chef Matt Martin dies after motorcycle accident

Matt Martin, who was the executive chef at Synovus Park (now Pinnacle Park) for the first two seasons of Columbus Clingstones baseball, has died.

Martin died Sunday after being in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Mobile, Alabama, for several days following a motorcycle accident, Clingstones general manager Pete Laven told the Ledger-Enquirer.

“He was just one of those guys who never met a stranger,” Laven said. “He was a talented chef, but he also was just a gregarious guy. … He loved to go see live music, so those were his two passions: food and music.”…

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