jerry buss

Jerry Buss, the longtime owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, died Monday of cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 80. A child of the Great Depression, Buss defined the bootstrap mentality of his generation. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Wyoming, achieving his doctorate in physical chemistry at USC in 1957...

Jerry Buss, real estate magnate and longtime owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers, died Monday of an undisclosed form of cancer, his spokesman Bob Steiner said. Buss, 80, was a patient at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. His health had declined rapidly in recent weeks.