George Steinbrenner, whose big wallet and win-at-all-cost attitude whipped the New York Yankees into a billion-dollar sports empire, died Tuesday. He had just celebrated his 80th birthday July 4.
Yankees owner George Steinbrenner dies at 80
Seeded on Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:11 AM EDT (NBC Sports)
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