Tuesday, 19 February 2013

Jerry Buss, Lakers' flamboyant owner, dies at 80 (Yahoo! Sports)

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2010, file photo, Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss smiles during an NBA basketball news conference in Bell Gardens, Calif. Buss, the Lakers' playboy owner who shepherded the NBA franchise to 10 championships, has died in Los Angeles. He was 79. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Jerry Buss had been a chemist and a mathematician long before he bought the Los Angeles Lakers in 1979. The self-made millionaire with a head for business and an impresario's heart immersed himself in the NBA with every skill he acquired along the way.




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