MyFoxTampaBay.com staff report

TAMPA - FOX 13 has confirmed that New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner has died. He was 80.

Steinbrenner died of a blood clot, sources tell FOX 13, not a heart attack as earlier reports said.

Reports say Steinbrenner was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital. The New York Yankees have not yet issued a statement.

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