George Steinbrenner, the longtime and controversial owner of the New York Yankees, passed away on Tuesday morning at a Tampa, Florida hospital after suffering a massive heart attack at age 80.
Mr. Steinbrenner, who changed the team's managers 20 times (does this count all the times he fired and re-hired Billy Martin?) during the 37 years that he had owned the team, bought the Yankees from CBS for $10 million in 1973, watched the team's value climb up to roughly $1.6 billion today.
On King George's watch, the Yankees, who had not tasted postseason play since 1964, won eleven American League pennants and seven World Series titles.
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