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.
Jim Irsay, who grew up around the NFL's Colts before assuming control of the team himself, died in his sleep Wednesday at 65, the team announced.
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