LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Junior Bridgeman, a basketball standout who led Louisville to a Final Four, played 12 seasons in the NBA and then launched an even more successful career as a businessman with stakes in publishing, restaurants and the Milwaukee Bucks, died Tuesday. He was 71.

Junior Bridgeman, a basketball standout who went on to an even more successful career in business, has died at the age of 71

Milwaukee Bucks co-owner and former player Junior Bridgeman passed away Tuesday at the age of 71. Bridgeman was the No. 8 pick of the 1975 NBA draft out of the University of Louisville by the Los Angeles Lakers,

Junior Bridgeman was known primarily for his 12-year NBA career, but he was an avid golfer who supported the game as an independent PGA board member.

Former NBA player Junior Bridgeman, a billionaire entrepreneur, dies at 71. Learn about his net worth and business empire.

Junior Bridgeman, a former NBA sixth man who became a billionaire philanthropist and Bucks minority owner, died at the age of 71.

Junior Bridgeman, the All-American at Louisville who went on to have a successful NBA career with the Milwaukee Bucks — and an even more successful career as an entrepreneur who became a billionaire after his playing days — has died at the age of 71.