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1. Gone But Not Forgotten
Neal Patterson, chairman and CEO of Cerner Corporation and a principal owner of Sporting Kansas City, passed away on Sunday due to cancer complications. Patterson co-founded Cerner in 1979 and was part of the OnGoal LLC ownership group that purchased the Kansas City Wizards since 2006.