George Steinbrenner

The owner of the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORSPT000205" title="New York Yankees" href="/topic/sports/baseball/new-york-yankees-ORSPT000205.topic">New York Yankees</a>, whose outsized personality and win-at-all-costs mentality earned him the nickname "The Boss," reestablished the Yankees as baseball's premier franchise and changed the economics of the sport. He was 80. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-george-steinbrenner-20100714,0,5609798.story"><span class="center_label">Full obituary</span></a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-2010notables-gallery,0,7041480.photogallery"><span class="center_label">Notable deaths of 2010</span></a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-2010notables-film-tv-gallery,0,7212804.photogallery"><span class="center_label">Notable film and television deaths of 2010</span></a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-2010notables-sports-gallery,0,300532.photogallery"><span class="center_label">Notable sports deaths of 2010</span></a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-2010notables-politics-gallery,0,2316063.photogallery"><span class="center_label">Notable political deaths of 2010</span></a>

( Associated Press )

The owner of the New York Yankees, whose outsized personality and win-at-all-costs mentality earned him the nickname "The Boss," reestablished the Yankees as baseball's premier franchise and changed the economics of the sport. He was 80. Full obituary

Notable deaths of 2010

Notable film and television deaths of 2010

Notable sports deaths of 2010

Notable political deaths of 2010

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