NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Joan Tisch, the widow of former Giants co-owner Bob Tisch and a philanthropist, died Thursday morning following a brief illness, the Giants said. She was 90.
After her husband purchased 50 percent of the Giants from the Mara family in 1991, Joan Tisch — along with Wellington Mara’s wife, Ann — were considered the first ladies of the NFL franchise, of which they were both fervent fans.
“Joan Tisch was a great lady who led an extraordinary life that touched so many people,” said Giants co-owner John Mara said in a news release Thursday.