New Orleans icon and Saints and Pelicans owner dead at 90

Remembering Tom Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints and the New Orleans Pelicans, a Super Bowl winning owner, dead at 90; rest in peace.

New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson hoists the Lombardi Trophy before the start of the team's 2010 season opener against the Minnesota Vikings in the Louisiana Superdome on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010. (Chris Granger, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)

By Jeff Duncan, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

                                                

Tom Benson, the powerful and at times polarizing owner of the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans, who delighted fans in his early years with his Benson Boogie and at times frustrated them with his frequent demands and threats to relocate the team, died Thursday (March 15), the teams announced in a statement. He was 90.
Benson was admitted to Ochsner Hospital in mid-February with flu-like symptoms that multiple sources said included a bout with pneumonia. He was moved to the intensive care unit days later and remained there until the time of his death. Benson's condition appeared to be improving in late February, according to a report issued by team officials, but his health took a downturn in recent days.

Read the whole article honoring Tom Benson: http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2018/03/tom_benson_new_orleans_saints_2.html