Chances are, if you’ve spent virtually any extended period of time in Seattle, Paul Allen has touched your life in some way. The billionaire made his riches as the co-founder of Microsoft, but he made his legacy by creating museums like MoPOP, helping save nonprofit radio station KEXP, transforming the South Lake Union neighborhood and, of course, owning sports teams like the Seattle Seahawks and Sounders.
Allen’s finally announced his passing on Monday from complications of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He was 65.
The Sounders released this statement:
“Seattle Sounders FC offers its deepest condolences to the Allen Family during this difficult time.