New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner died this morning at age 80 of a heart attack.
George Steinbrenner, a towering and intimidating figure who dominated the New York sports scene for 35 years, winning 11 American League pennants and seven world championships as owner of the Yankees, in and around two suspensions from baseball and multiple feuds and firings, died Tuesday morning in Tampa after suffering a massive heart attack. He was 80.It's a cliche to say this marks the end of an era, but it does. Steinbrenner's influence of major-league baseball was enormous, whether you think for good or not.
"The Boss" - as he was so aptly named by his longtime antagonist, Daily News columnist Mike Lupica – died at around 6:30 a.m. according to a high placed Yankee source. He had been suffering from failing health, the result of a series of strokes, for the past few years.
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