The Milwaukee Bucks announced that former Bucks player Junior Bridgeman has become a minority owner of the team.

Junior Bridgeman, a basketball standout who went on to an even more successful career in business, has died at the age of 71

Junior Bridgeman, the All-American at Louisville who went on to have a successful NBA career with the Milwaukee Bucks — and an even more successful career as an entrepreneur who became a billionaire after his playing days — has died at the age of 71.