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Ed Snider shakes hands with Vincent Lecavalier in 2013.
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Ed Snider
Died on April 11, 2016 at age 83
Mr. Snider co-founded and owned the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League for nearly 50 years and was chairman of a sports management company that provided services to hundreds of arenas, stadiums and convention centers in North America.
Notable Deaths 2016
Remembering Muhammad Ali, Prince, Patty Duke, Edward Albee, Pat Summitt, Gene Wilder, Phyllis Schlafly, David Bowie, Elie Wiesel, Shimon Peres, Nancy Reagan, Arnold Palmer, Harper Lee and others who died this year.