UPDATE: Sadly, Dr. Buss has died. <HR> http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2013/02/lakers-owner-jerry-buss-dying-of-cancer-family-at-hospital/ Dude was one of the best owners ever.
It is a man yelling NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! over and over. AKA being in disagreement. It was appropriate.
What's interesting is that Jim and Jeanie Buss have supposedly not spoken to each other since the Phil Jackson debacle. I wonder how Jerry's death is going to affect their relationship, and the management of the team going forward. I'm guessing Jeanie was against the D'Antoni hire from the start.....things are getting incredibly dysfunctional in LA.
Jim is his oldest son...you don't pas down the family business to the woman and you have two male sons in line. She wanted control she couldn't have...phil was going to leave anyway..health issues and Jim was already running a few things
I think it's a little over the male life expectancy in the US... so I guess you could say he beat the odds. That said, the longer you live, generally, the longer your life expectancy becomes. In other words, I think if you make it to 65, then your expectancy goes up to 81 or something like that. In any case, a full life at 79 I would probably take. I don't want to die like everybody else, and it would be cool to live a full life to 100 or whatever but I know a guy my age (early 30s) that's been fighting brain cancer for a couple years and has a young family... you never know. Jerry lived a full life. Hate to see anyone go, but he shouldn't have a ton of regrets... Best of luck on your way out Jerry, if it is indeed your time.
