Joan H. Tisch, matriarch of the Tisch family, passed away Thursday at age 90.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Joan H. Tisch, one of the first ladies of the Giants and the matriarch of the family that owns 50 percent of the franchise, passed away this morning after a brief illness. She was 90.
Mrs. Tisch was the widow of Preston Robert “Bob” Tisch, who purchased a 50 percent share of the Giants in 1991. Bob Tisch, who was one of the nation’s most influential businessmen and a civic leader in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area for decades, passed away on Nov.