According to some reports, he was 80 years old and had a massive heart. So I'm going to say that he died. I saw it on twitter too, and we all know how true that is.
Steinbrenner was a crappy owner. This is well documented. In recent years people have praised "The Boss" (not this Boss or this Boss), but for a long time he was well despised. Some highlights:
- He fired Billy Martin five times - but in the end Billy won - he died first.
- He was suspended from baseball, but somehow came back.
- He fired Yogi Berra three weeks into a season and Yogi vowed never to return to Yankee Stadium so long as George owned the team. He has since returned. And Yankee Stadium is no longer standing.
- There's more I won't recount here.
- Owned the Yankees while they won 7 world series and 11 pennants.
Bye George, it's been fun knowing you. Now the Yanks are going to wear a black armband for the rest of the season.
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