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Joan Steinbrenner, Wife Of Late Yankees Owner, Dead At Age 83

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The wife of late Yankees owner George Steinbrenner has died, according to a release from the team.

Joan Steinbrenner was reportedly surrounded by family in Tampa, Florida when she died at the age of 83 on Friday.

Steinbrenner has been the matriarch of the family running the New York Yankees since her husband, George M. Steinbrenner, purchased the team in 1973. The couple had been married from 1956 until George’s death in 2010.

2010 Joan Steinbrenner, Wife Of Late Yankees Owner, Dead At Age 83
Late Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and his wife Joan at the Yankees home opener at Yankee Stadium on April 13, 2010.