Tom Benson's Death

The entrepreneur Tom Benson died at the age of 90. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Billionaire who owned both the New Orleans Saints and the New Orleans Pelicans. He made his fortune by founding a company called Benson Financial.

His three marriages — to Shirley Landry, Grace Marie Trudeau, and Gayle Marie LaJaunie — produced seven children.

Quotes

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Sometimes when you make mistakes, if you learn by your mistakes, by golly, that’s when you can really go forward.

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You’ve got to enjoy every day and make the best of it and go forward.

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I’m 85 years old. I’ve been in business since I was a teenager, practically; I was in grade school, and I even had a paper route. I always had a job so I could have money to spend on girls.

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The person who lets them get you down, any kind of problem, is the person that fades out. So you’ve got to be strong enough; you don’t like it, but you’ve got to be strong enough to accept what’s going on and that you’re going to fight it or whatever it takes to overcome this matter. That’s the way I feel.

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Football has very direct and strong connections to New Orleans. The game of football has served as a positive beacon in our city. It has given our citizens hope in tough, trying times.