Junior Bridgeman, a local billionaire businessman and former basketball star in both Louisville and the NBA, has died.

A WAVE News employee who was at the event said Bridgeman grabbed his chest and said he thought he was having a heart attack.

Junior Bridgeman died Tuesday at 71 after suffering a medical emergency in Louisville. Read about the former billionaire and ...

Junior made us all better people and Louisville a better city,” Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said in a statement.

The former Louisville basketball star was speaking at an event at the Galt House when he reportedly said he thought he was having a heart attack.

Earlier this week, former University of Louisville basketball star and billionaire entrepreneur Junior Bridgeman died after ...

Ulysses "Junior" Bridgeman, Louisville basketball icon and billionaire businessman, dies at 71. From NBA to Coca-Cola, ...

March 11, the basketball world lost one of its GOATs. Junior Bridgeman, the 71-year-old billionaire businessman and 12-year ...

Bridgeman suffered a medical emergency while speaking at the Galt House for the 45th Annual Leadership Luncheon on Scouting, benefitting the Lincoln Heritage Council, Scouting America. According to ...

Bridgeman was a Louisville basketball great, 12-year NBA veteran and billionaire businessman who purchased a stake in the ...

After retirement from the NBA, he became the owner of Ebony and Jet magazines. He obtained a net worth of $1.4 billion at the time of his death.

The basketball world has lost a great as Ulysses Lee “Junior” Bridgeman passed away at 71. According to Kentucky’s WAVE, ...