Jerry McMorris (October 9, 1940 – May 8, 2012) was the principal owner of the Colorado Rockies of the

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from through . A limited partner in the ownership group that founded the Rockies in the early 1990s, he joined with meatpacking heir Charlie Monfort and Oren Benton to buy controlling interest in the team after original owner Mickey Monus was embroiled in an accounting scandal. In 2005, McMorris sold his stake of the franchise to the Charie Monfort and his brother Dick. McMorris died on May 8, 2012 from pancreatic cancer at the age of 71 in a hospital in

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."Jerry McMorris, who helped bring Rockies baseball to Colorado, dies at 71", ''Denver Post'

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