Steve Mizerak, winner of multiple pool championships who became one of the game’s more recognizable figures by appearing in training videos, beer commercials and a movie, has died, his wife said ...

Steve Mizerak, a winner of multiple pool championships who became one of the game's more recognizable figures, has died at age 61, his wife said Tuesday.

Mizerak also made a difficult trick shot in a now-famous commercial for Miller Lite, when the beer maker was using sports celebrities to sell its product in the 1970s and 1980s. It looked easy, but ...

Born in Perth Amboy, N.J., Mizerak learned to play billiards at age 4, standing on a milk box in his father's pool hall. Later, he taught history in public school and played pool in his spare time.