# RIP Dan Rooney **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 13, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dan-rooney/784410 "2017-04-13T21:32:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dan-rooney/784410/1 "2017-04-13T21:32:17Z")
[Pittsburgh Steelers owner, and former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, Dan Rooney, died earlier today – he was 84.](http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000799810/article/nfl-community-remembers-dan-rooney) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dan-rooney/784410/2 "2017-04-13T21:59:54Z")
A legend in Pittsburgh sports. Steelers fans owe a lot to him and his father, Art, before him. He made the Steelers one of the most respected franchises in the NFL. He cared for the game, the players, and the community. The game will be worse off with his passing. RIP, Dan. May the wind be always at your back, the road rise to meet your feet, and may you be in Heaven a half hour before the Devil knows you’re even dead. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dan-rooney/784410/3 "2017-04-13T22:05:43Z")
Very sad. He and his family are one of the league’s cornerstones.