Today is a sad day for the Minnesota Vikings, as an important member of the team’s history and integral individual in Minnesota sports has passed away at the age of 89.
According to Fox Sports, former co-owner of the Vikings Wheelock Whitney Jr. passed away in his home due to natural causes. The man affectionately known as “Whee” attended Phillips Andover and Yale before becoming a successful investment banker and teaching at the Carlson School of Business. Whitney and his wife Irene Hixon, along with help from Vernon Johnson, went on to create the Johnson Institute, which provides help to those dealing with addiction and later became part of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.