Bucks owner, NBA veteran Junior Bridgeman dies at 71
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Junior Bridgeman, a basketball standout who led Louisville to a Final Four, played 12 seasons in the NBA and then launched an even more successful career as a businessman with stakes in publishing, restaurants and the Milwaukee Bucks, died Tuesday. He was 71.
Junior Bridgeman, Louisville basketball great and Bucks minority owner, dies at 71
Bridgeman, a billionaire entrepreneur who became a “ significant ” minority owner of the Bucks in 2024, suffered a medical emergency during a fundraiser at Galt House, a hotel in Louisville, according to WDRB News and confirmed by the company that runs Galt House. Bridgeman was taken away in an ambulance by first responders.
Junior made us all better people and Louisville a better city,” Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said in a statement.
Milwaukee will also hold a moment of silence before Thursday’s game and show a video tribute in the 1st-quarter timeout.
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