While he was recovering , Mantle made peace with his estranged wife , Merlyn .
While he was recovering , Mantle repeated a request he made decades before for Bobby Richardson to read a poem at Mantle 's funeral if he died .
While he was recovering , Mantle made peace with his estranged wife , Merlyn , and repeated a request he made decades before for Bobby Richardson to read a poem at Mantle 's funeral if he died .