Cleveland Guardians owner Lawrence J. Dolan dies at 94

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Cleveland Guardians owner Lawrence J. Dolan dies at 94

Updated 7:33 PM EST, February 24, 2025

CLEVELAND (AP) — Lawrence J. Dolan, owner of Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team since 2000, has died. He was 94.

Dolan died Sunday night of natural causes, the Cleveland Guardians said Monday in a statement.

“Mr. Dolan invested his entire life in Greater Cleveland and impacted our community on so many levels,“ Bob DiBiasio, the Guardians’ senior vice president of public affairs, said in a statement. “From his service to our country as a First Lieutenant in the United States Marines, his many philanthropic acts of kindness, career in law, business, education, and sports, many benefited from his engagement, influence, and passion. Especially in the world of sports.”

Dolan, a Cleveland native, purchased the team from Richard Jacobs in 2000 for $320 million. The Dolan family has a 75% stake in the club and is the longest-tenured ownership group in Cleveland franchise history.

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[appmanga]

1. There are a lot of people in New York...

...who are thinking "Wrong Dolan".

[marble falls]

2. Now then, can we get a better name for them than "Guardians". Don't get me wrong, ...

... I grew up around the Guardians when it wasn't hip to live on the near-west side. It's just we could have done better.