Los Angeles Chargers

Long-time owner of the Los Angeles Chargers Alex Spanos died Tuesday, the team said. He was 95. The team announced in 2008 that Spanos was suffering from dementia. His wife, Faye, died in August. The son of Greek immigrants, Spanos used his self-made fortune from construction and real estate to buy the team in 1984.

Alex Spanos, who used his fortune from construction and real estate to buy the Chargers in 1984, has died. He was 95.

The team announced in 2008 that Spanos was suffering from dementia. He eventually stopped attending games.

Faye Spanos, the wife of Los Angeles Chargers owner Alex Spanos, has died at the age of 92, the team announced in a statement on Wednesday.

Faye married Alex in 1948 and became a mother to four children, grandmother to fifteen grandchildren, and great grandmother to ten.