Louisville philanthropist and billionaire businessman Junior Bridgeman has died after suffering a medical emergency while attending an event in downtown Louisville.A WAVE News employee who was at the event on March 11 at the Galt House said Bridgeman,

Junior Bridgeman, one of Louisville's most prominent businesspeople and co-owner of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks suffered a medical emergency during a speaking engagement at the Galt House Tuesday afternoon.

The basketball world has lost a great as Ulysses Lee “Junior” Bridgeman passed away at 71. According to Kentucky’s WAVE, Bridgeman was attending an event at the Galt House in downtown Louisville on March 11 when he grabbed his chest and said he thought he was having a heart attack.

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