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Bobcats lament death of co-owner Beck in plane crash

</head> <body> <p>CHARLOTTE (Reuters) - The Charlotte Bobcats franchise mourned the loss of co-owner William "Skipper" Beck on Friday after the North Carolina businessman died in a plane accident earlier in the day.</p> <p>Beck, 49, was killed when the single-engine plane he was piloting crashed at the Rock Hill York County Airport shortly after taking off, the Charlotte Observer reported.</p> <p>"The entire Bobcats Sports & Entertainment family mourns the loss of our partner and great friend Skipper Beck," majority owner Robert L. Johnson said in a statement on the NBA team's website (www.nba.com/bobcats).</p> <p>"We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, colleagues and friends.</p> <p>"Skipper loved basketball and was instrumental in bringing the Bobcats to Charlotte. As an owner, he was without question the Bobcats greatest fan. We will miss him at courtside."</p> <p>Beck's death occurred on the same day NBA great Michael Jordan, managing member of basketball operations for the Bobcats, was to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.</p> <p>The expansion Bobcats become the NBA's 30th team in 2004-05, two seasons after the Charlotte Hornets moved to New Orleans.</p> <p>(Writing by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles; Editing by Ken Ferris)</p> </body> </html> </div><!-- end article-body --> </div><!-- end aticle-body-wrapper --> <aside> <ul class="social-share-btns clearfix"> <li><g:plusone size="medium" href="http://whbl.com/news/articles/2009/sep/11/bobcats-lament-death-of-co-owner-beck-in-plane-cra/"></g:plusone></li> <li><div id="fb-root"></div><script src="http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#appId=112315878855956&xfbml=1"></script><fb:like href="http://whbl.com/news/articles/2009/sep/11/bobcats-lament-death-of-co-owner-beck-in-plane-cra/" action="recommend" send="true" layout="button_count" width="150" show_faces="false" font=""></fb:like></li> <li><a href="http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-url="http://whbl.com/news/articles/2009/sep/11/bobcats-lament-death-of-co-owner-beck-in-plane-cra/" data-text="Bobcats lament death of co-owner Beck in plane crash" data-count="horizontal">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></li> </ul><!-- end social-share-btns --> </aside> </div><!-- end article-container --> <section class="comment-container"> <h1 class="h2">Comments</h1> <a href="/news/articles/2009/sep/11/bobcats-lament-death-of-co-owner-beck-in-plane-cra/#disqus_thread"></a> <div id="disqus_thread" class="section-widget"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> var disqus_shortname = 'whbl'; var disqus_title = 'Bobcats lament death of co-owner Beck in plane crash'; var disqus_url = 'http://whbl.com/news/articles/2009/sep/11/bobcats-lament-death-of-co-owner-beck-in-plane-cra/'; (function() { var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true; dsq.src = 'http://' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js'; (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq); })(); </script> </section><!-- end comment-container --> </article> </div><!-- end of col-1 --> <div id="col-2"> <form class="section-search-form clearfix" method="get" action="/search/"> <fieldset class="clearfix"> <input class="section-search" type="text" rel="Search News" name="q" placeholder="Search News" /> <input class="section-search-submit" type="image" alt="Search" src="http://static.mwcradio.com/images/icons/section-search.gif" /> </fieldset> </form> <div class="ad-300x250"></div> <aside class="aside-module top-stories"> <h1>Top Stories</h1> <ul class="unstyled-list single-col-list"> <li><a href="/news/articles/2013/jun/19/day-two-recap-of-paape-trial/" title="Full Article: Day two recap of Paape trial">Day two recap of Paape trial</a></li> <li><a href="/news/articles/2013/jun/18/graphic-testimony-in-paape-murder-trial/" title="Full Article: Graphic Testimony in Paape Murder Trial">Graphic Testimony in Paape Murder Trial</a></li> <li><a href="/news/articles/2013/jun/18/police-look-for-dog-and-owner/" title="Full Article: Police Look for Dog and Owner">Police Look for Dog and Owner</a></li> <li><a href="/news/articles/2013/jun/18/sheboygan-woman-charged-for-child-abuse/" title="Full Article: Sheboygan Woman Charged For Child Abuse">Sheboygan Woman Charged For Child Abuse</a></li> <li><a href="/news/articles/2013/jun/18/city-of-sheboygan-to-hold-deer-management-meeting-next-week/" title="Full Article: City of Sheboygan to hold deer management meeting next week">City of Sheboygan to hold deer management meetin...</a></li> </ul> </aside> <!-- <div class="text-ad"> <span class="ad-label">Advertisement</span> <a class="clearfix" href="" title=""> <img class="text-ad_img small-img-border" src="" alt="" /> <span class="text-ad_title">Wausau Scrap & Recycling</span> <span class="text-ad_message">Bring all of your scrap metal to Wausau Scrap & Recycling on weekdays, 8am - 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