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Justin Quinn

Former Boston Celtics owner John Y. Brown passes at age 88

Former Boston Celtics owner and onetime Kentucky Gov. John Y Brown has passed away at the age of 88 after battling complications from COVID-19 according to new reporting from the Lexington (Kentucky) Herald-Leader’s Austin Horn and Janet Patton.

A Democrat who served as governor of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983, Brown was the son of United States Rep. John Y. Brown Sr., who also served as Speaker of the Kentucky House and as a member of the state legislature for over three decades. An early investor in fast food out of law school, Brown bought Kentucky Fried Chicken with Jack C. Massey for $2 million, selling it in 1973 for $284 million.

The future Kentucky governor used his proceeds to buy some or all of multiple professional sports teams, including the Celtics, the Buffalo Braves and the ABA’s Kentucky Colonels.

Rest in peace.

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