Jerry Buss: 1933-2013

Jerry Buss holds a Los Angeles Lakers shirt in Los Angeles on June 18, 1981. Buss, the Lakers' playboy owner who shepherded the NBA franchise to 10 championships, has died. He was 80. Bob Steiner, an assistant to Buss, confirmed that Buss had died in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss smiles during an NBA basketball news conference in Bell Gardens, Calif. on Aug. 17, 2010.

Los Angeles Lakers coach Paul Westhead, left, shake hands with Lakers' owner Jerry Buss in Los Angeles in April, 1980.

Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss gestures as the NBA championship team is honored with a parade in Los Angeles on May 19, 1980.

Guard Earvin "Magic" Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers at his retirement ceremony with Lakers owner Jerry Buss on Feb. 16, 1992, at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, Calif.

Jerry Buss arrives at the Los Angeles Lakers 3rd annual Mirage Las Vegas Casino Night and Bodog Celebrity Poker Invitational benefiting Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation at Barker Hangar on April 12, 2006, in Santa Monica, Calif.

Actress Bai Ling and Jerry Buss pose at the Los Angeles Lakers 3rd annual Mirage Las Vegas Casino Night and Bodog Celebrity Poker Invitational benefiting Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation at Barker Hangar on April 12, 2006, in Santa Monica, Calif.

Mike Brown, center, the new head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, looks at team owner Jerry Buss, right, speaks while Jim Buss, vice president of player personnel, looks on after Brown's introductory news conference at the team's training facility on May 31, 2011, in El Segundo, Calif.

Former NBA player Norm Nixon and owner of the Los Angeles Lakers Jerry Buss attend "A Tribute to Magic Johnson - The official tip-off to NBA All-Star 2004 Entertainment" on Feb. 12, 2004, at the Shrine Auditorium, in Los Angeles.

Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers holds up the Bill Russell Finals MVP trophy alongside team owner Jerry Buss and Bryant's wife Vanessa after the Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics 83-79 in Game Seven of the 2010 NBA Finals at Staples Center on June 17, 2010, in Los Angeles.

Hugh Hefner and Lakers owner Jerry Buss pose above the crowd at the Lakers v Nuggets NBA game to celebrate Hefner's 77th birthday April 10, 2003, at the Staples Center, Los Angeles.

Jerry Buss at the Friars Club in Beverly Hills, Ca. to honor and roast Earvin "Magic" Johnson with a Lifetime Achievement Award on Oct. 27, 2002.

Guard Earvin "Magic" Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers looks on with Lakers owner Jerry Boss during a game.

Hugh Hefner, Lakers Owner Jerry Buss, Playboy Playmates and a KCAL 9 News reporter pose to celebrate Hefner's 77th birthday April 10, 2003, at the Staples Center, Los Angeles.

Phil Jackson and Dr. Jerry Buss at a Los Angeles Lakers victory party hosted by owner Jerry Buss and coach Phil Jackson at the Mondrian Hotel in West Hollywood, June 16, 2002.

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Jerry Buss and Bonnie-Jill Laflin during 2nd Annual Lakers Casino Night Benefiting the Lakers Youth Foundation at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, Calif.

Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss, left, and actress Vivica A. Fox attend the film premiere of Juwanna Mann June 18, 2002, in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss gets doused with champagne from members of his team as he holds the NBA Championship trophy after the Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics 106-93 to win the NBA Championship four games to two in Inglewood, Calif. on June 15, 1987.

Jerry Buss, center, poses with players from his teams at a charity event in Beverly Hills, Calif on June 18, 1980. From left are Los Angeles Lakers' Jamaal Wilkes, Los Angeles Kings' Charlie Simmer, Buss, Lakers' Magic Johnson and Kings' Marcel Dionne.

Lakers co-owner Jerry Buss poses with Miss March 2002 playmate Tina Jordan at Barfly club during Jordans premiere Playboy Playmate Release Party Feb. 15, 2002, in West Hollywood, Calif.

Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss appears before his team's preseason game against the Sacramento Kings at the Thomas & Mack Center Oct. 12, 2008, in Las Vegas.

Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss smiles at the Playmate of the Year luncheon at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles on May 8, 2008.

Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss, foreground, speaks as, from background left to right, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Pat Riley react during the enshrinement ceremony in Springfield, Mass. on Aug. 13, 2010.