The Philadelphia Phillies announced the death of chairman David Montgomery on Wednesday morning at the age of 72.
Montgomery, a Philly native who was diagnosed with cancer in his jaw bone in 2014, joined the Phillies' sales staff in 1971 and became a minority owner in 1981. He'd served as chairman since early 2015, when he returned from a leave of absence for cancer treatment.
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