| John McConnell passes
The Columbus Blue Jackets' majority owner John McConnell has died. He was 84.
The club and the company he started say McConnell died Friday. No further details were immediately released.
McConnell was a steel magnate who led a group of investors to bring the National Hockey League to Columbus. The Blue Jackets played their first game in 2000.
He was also an early investor in Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew franchise and a former minority owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
McConnell was the founder of Worthington Industries, a $3 billion-a-year steel processing company.
God speed to the man who gave us Central Ohioans NHL hockey! | 
04-25-2008, 08:36 PM
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