Kammala wannan jumla: Gwanin Rivera yayin da yake girma shi ne dan wasan kwallon kwando na Puerto Rican Roberto Clemente, wanda ya mutu a hadarin jirgin sama yayin da yake kan hanya don ba da taimako ga wadanda ke fama da cutar
Girgizar ƙasa a ƙasar Nicaragua a shekara ta 1972. An shigar da Rivera a cikin California Athletics Hall of Fame a shekarar 1994. A ranar 5 ga Janairu, 2015, gidan Rivera a Charlotte, North Carolina ya kama da wuta kuma ya lalace, amma shi da iyalinsa sun tsere ba tare da rauni ba. Rivera ya gudanar da tallace-tallace na yadi na sadaka a can bayan da aka ɗauke shi a matsayin babban kocin Washington a cikin 2020, tare da kayan sawa da kayan kasuwanci daban-daban na Panthers don siyarwa wanda ya tara sama da 30,000 don ƙungiyar ɗan adam ta Charlotte.