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Harvey Bernard Ratner

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Harvey Bernard Ratner

Birth
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Death
28 Apr 2006 (aged 79)
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
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Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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Sports Magnate. Along with Marv Wolfensen, he co-founded the Minnesota Timberwolves basketball team in 1989. This brought the NBA back to Minnesota for the first time since the Minneapolis Lakers moved to Los Angeles in 1960. Nicknamed "Harv and Marv", Ratner and Wolfenson were business partners for nearly five decades. They owned the Timberwolves until 1994. Ratner died of cancer at 79.
Sports Magnate. Along with Marv Wolfensen, he co-founded the Minnesota Timberwolves basketball team in 1989. This brought the NBA back to Minnesota for the first time since the Minneapolis Lakers moved to Los Angeles in 1960. Nicknamed "Harv and Marv", Ratner and Wolfenson were business partners for nearly five decades. They owned the Timberwolves until 1994. Ratner died of cancer at 79.

Bio by: Elizabeth Reed

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Elizabeth Reed
  • Added: Apr 29, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14117087/harvey_bernard-ratner: accessed ), memorial page for Harvey Bernard Ratner (4 Dec 1926–28 Apr 2006), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14117087, citing Temple Israel Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.