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Virginia McCaskey, Chicago Bears owner and pro-life Catholic, dies at 102

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Virginia McCaskey, principal owner of the Chicago Bears football team and a committed pro-life Catholic, died Thursday at age 102.

“While we are sad, we are comforted knowing Virginia Halas McCaskey lived a long, full, faith-filled life and is now with the love of her life on earth,” her family said in a statement as reported by the Chicago Tribune.

A deeply dedicated Catholic and mother of 11 who was referred to as “The First Lady of the NFL,” McCaskey for over four decades quietly guided the team that her father, George “Papa Bear” Halas, founded. Halas, a legendary coach, was also a co-founder of the NFL and lends his name to the NFC Championship trophy.

After her only sibling and the team’s original heir, George “Mugs” Halas Jr., died unexpectedly in 1979, McCaskey reluctantly inherited ownership of the Bears when her father died in 1983. Three years later, the Bears won their first Super Bowl.

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