After weeks of hospitalization with a case of the flu New Orleans Pelicans owner Tom Benson’s battle has finally ended. He passed peacefully with his wife Marie Benson by his side. He was blessed with 90 years of life!
Benson, a business man and philanthropist, made a majority of his fortune in the automobile industry. He was the owner of several car dealerships in the New Orleans and San Antonio areas. With his earnings, he invested a large sum in local banks. He would later on purchase a few banks himself, thus creating Benson Financial, only to sell it in 1996 to Norwest Corporation.