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By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ann Mara, matriarch of the National Football League's New York Giants franchise, died at age 85 from complications from a head injury after she slipped on ice, her family said on Sunday. Mara, together with her 11 children, inherited a 50 percent interest in the Giants when her husband, Wellington, died a decade ago at age 89. In 1925, Tim Mara, Wellington's father, purchased the Giants, now one of the oldest and most storied teams in the NFL, for $500. "She has been the leader of our family in every way, and we will miss her dearly," her oldest son, John Mara, the franchise's president and chief executive, said in a statement.
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