“He was an incredible and charitable man, He was a visionary and a giant in the world of sports. He took a great but struggling franchise and turned it into a champion again.” the family said in a statement.

George Michael Steinbrenner III was a businessman and owner and former principal executive of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. His outspokenness and role in driving up player salaries made him one of the sport's most controversial figures.

Steinbrenner was known as a hands-on executive, earning the nickname "The Boss." His tendency to meddle in daily on-field decisions, and to hire and fire (and sometimes re-hire) managers led then-Yankees skipper Dallas Green to give him the derisive nickname "Manager George."

During Steinbrenner's ownership from 1973 to his death, the longest in club history, the Yankees earned 11 pennants and 7 World Series titles.

He died after suffering a massive heart attack in his Tampa home on the morning of July 13, 2010.
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