PITTSBURGH -- Patricia Rooney, the wife of late Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney, has died. She was 88.
The Steelers said in a statement that Patricia Rooney died peacefully at her home on Saturday. A cause of death was not given.
Patricia Rooney's husband, who died in April 2017, served as the U.S. ambassador to Ireland from 2009-12.
"My family and I are mourning the passing of my mother, Patricia," Steelers president Art Rooney II said in a statement. "She helped raise nine children while supporting my father's career with the Steelers and his time as Ambassador to Ireland.