By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor 
Two-time Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay passed away in a plane crash at the age of 40 Thursday, the Pasco Sherriff's Department (St. Petersburg, Florida) confirmed in a press conference.
Following his passing, the Philadelphia Phillies issued a statement on Halladay, who spent the final four years of his career with the club:
Phillies statement on the sudden & tragic passing of Roy Halladay: pic.twitter.com/gGhv7JUKv0
— Phillies (@Phillies) November 7, 2017
During that time, he cemented himself as the era's best pitcher and a likely Hall of Famer. He won the Cy Young in 2010, his first season with the team. That year, he went 21-10 with a 2.44 ERA. He threw a perfect game against the then Florida Marlins on May 29. He topped that in the playoffs, as he threw just the second no-hitter in playoff history in Game 1 of the NLDS. It was the first playoff game in his career.
A year later, he had perhaps the best season of his career, going 19-6 with a 2.35 ERA and and 8.3 WAR (per FanGraphs). Had it not been for an even better season by Los Angeles Dodgers star Clayton Kershaw, Halladay would have won his third Cy Young Award.
Though Halladay was ineffective in his final two season with the Phillies, his time in Philadelphia was one of the most magical stints in recent memory. In his retirement press conference, he called it "the icing on the cake" to his career.
SportsTalkPhilly.com offers our deepest condolences to Halladay's family.
