Giants Co-owner Dead at 79

New York, NY —

It's another personal loss for the New York Giants. Co-owner Robert Tisch has died of brain cancer. WNYC's Kathryn Herzog reports.

Robert Tisch died Tuesday at his home in New York City. His death comes just three weeks after the death of the Giants other co-owner Wellington Mara. Tisch purchased 50 percent of the Giants in 1991, shortly after the team defeated Buffalo to become Super Bowl champions.

He was a regular visiter to Giants practices and games. Tisch will be remembered not only for his love of the game, but for his civic leadership that spanned several decades.

He served as chairman of the city's Convention And Visitors Bureau, and chaired its citizens committee hosting the 1976 and 1980 Democratic national conventions. Tisch also helped found Take the Field, a nonprofit working to renovate public school athletic centers. Robert Tisch is survived by his wife and three children. He was 79.