Bears owner Virginia McCaskey dead at 102

Virginia McCaskey, the longtime main proprietor of the Chicago Bears, has died. She was 102.

McCaskey controlled Chicago's NFL franchise since 1983, erstwhile she inherited ownership pursuing the decease of her begetter and squad laminitis George Halas. George was besides the archetypal idiosyncratic to service arsenic the Bears coach. 

The McCaskey household provided a connection via the Bears, saying McCaskey lived a "full" life.

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Chicago Bears proprietor Virginia McCaskey astatine the 2011 NFL International Series instrumentality rally astatine Trafalgar Square. (Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-USA TODAY Sports)

"While we are sad, we are comforted knowing Virginia Halas McCaskey lived a long, full, faith-filled beingness and is present with the emotion of her beingness connected earth," the connection read.

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"She guided the Bears for 4 decades and based each concern determination connected what was champion for Bears players, coaches, unit and fans." 

The Bears won the franchise's lone Super Bowl with McCaskey astatine the helm. Chicago defeated the New England Patriots successful Super Bowl 20, acknowledgment successful ample portion to the "Monsters of the Midway" — a nickname referencing the Bears' acclaimed 1985 defense.

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She was calved Virginia Marion Halas successful 1923 successful Chicago. She went connected to survey concern absorption astatine Drexel University successful Philadelphia. She joined Ed McCaskey successful 1943.

The mates yet had 11 children together. Ed passed distant successful 2008. Virginia was the longest tenured proprietor successful immoderate of the U.S. large sports leagues.

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