Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Malcolm Glazer dies

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Malcolm Glazer with a replica jersey after agreeing to buy the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which at the time had the worst record in NFL history. (Chris O’Meara / Associated Press)

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Malcolm Glazer, right, with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ new head coach, Tony Dungy. (Tony Ranze / AFP/Getty Images)

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Malcolm Glazer, right, and Coach Jon Gruden ride in the victory parade after the team defeated the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII.

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Malcolm Glazer, left, with New York Jets owner Robert Wood Johnson IV at a news conference in Tokyo.

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Malcolm Glazer at a Tampa Bay Buccaneers game against the Buffalo Bills. He attended games regularly when he was in good health. (Al Messerschmidt / Getty Images)

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Malcolm Glazer at a Buccaneers game against the Chicago Bears. In 2005 he also took over English football’s Manchester United. (Al Messerschmidt / Getty Images)

By Sam Farmer

May 28, 2014 1:59 PM PT

Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Malcolm Glazer has died, the team said Wednesday. He was 85.

Glazer, who purchased the Buccaneers in 1995 and watched them win the Super Bowl in 2003, also owned soccer powerhouse Manchester United, which he bought in 2005.

The Buccaneers said Glazer’s wife, Linda, along with their five sons and a daughter, will continue to own and operate the Buccaneers and the franchise will be owned by the family “for generations to come.”

Glazer served on the NFL’s finance committee and was a key player in bringing Super Bowls to the Tampa area.

Born Aug. 25, 1928, in Rochester, N.Y., Glazer inherited his father’s watch-repair business at age 15. He grew the company into one valued at $1.5 billion. Among his other ventures were an oil and gas company, shopping malls and trailer parks.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Malcolm Glazer dies

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