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Peter Magowan, key leader of SF Giants and Safeway, dies

Peter A. Magowan led a group of investors who bought the Giants, keeping the team in San Francisco and overseeing construction of a downtown ballpark.

Peter A. Magowan led a group of investors who bought the Giants, keeping the team in San Francisco and overseeing construction of a downtown ballpark.

Photo: Frederic Larson / The Chronicle 1992

Peter A. Magowan, the charismatic Safeway supermarket magnate and San Francisco Giants owner and executive who fought off relocation of the team and spearheaded construction of their waterfront ballpark, died Sunday afternoon at his home in Pacific Heights.