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Rams Owner Georgia Frontiere Dies

Posted Jan 19, 08 12:25 CST in Sports 

(Newser) – Georgia Frontiere, loved in St. Louis, hated in Los Angeles for moving the Rams east in 1995, died Friday at age 80, reports the Los Angeles Times. Ironically, Frontiere died at in LA, where she had been treated for breast cancer for several months. Frontiere inherited the Rams from her sixth husband, Carroll Rosenbloom, who drowned at age 72 in 1979.

Frontiere moved the Los Angeles Rams to Anaheim in 1980 before the subsequent move to St. Louis five years later. The team under her control went to the Super Bowl three times, winning as "The Greatest Show on Turf" after the 1999 season. The Rams will not change ownership with her passing, as her son and daughter own 60% and billionaire Stan Kroenke owns 40%.

Source Los Angeles Times

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In this Jan. 17, 1995, file photo, taken in St. Louis, then Los Angeles Rams owner Georgia Frontiere appears to wipe away a tear during a news conference announcing the Rams will be moving to St. Louis....   (Associated Press)
In this Sept. 10, 2006, file photo, St. Louis Rams owner Georgia Frontiere , left, congratulates Rams' Anthony Hargrove after the Rams' victory over the Denver Broncos in an NFL football game in St. Louis....   (Associated Press)
In this Jan. 30, 2000, file photo, St. Louis Rams owner Georgia Frontiere hugs the Super Bowl trophy after the Rams beat the Tennessee Titans 23-16 in Atlanta. Frontiere, the St. Louis native who became...   (Associated Press)
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