Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay dies
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This is the kind of sports weekend only Jim Irsay may have envisioned when he first came to Indianapolis in March 1984. The Colts owner died Wednesday at 65.
Longtime Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay died on Wednesday, the franchise announced. Specifics of his death are not yet known, though Irsay has dealt with various health issues in recent years. The Colts said that Irsay “passed away peacefully in his sleep” on Wednesday afternoon.
The NFL lost one of its most prominent, outspoken and charismatic leaders and one of its most eclectic figures Wednesday when the Indianapolis Colts announced the death of the franchise’s longtime owner, Jim Irsay. The Colts said Irsay, 65, died “peacefully in his sleep” Wednesday afternoon. The team did not specify a cause of death.