Late Sen. Herb Kohl memorialized as proud Wisconsinite, diehard Bucks fan
The late former Sen. Herb Kohl, a Wisconsin Democrat, was memorialized Friday at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, home to the NBA team he once owned.
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The late former Sen. Herb Kohl, a Wisconsin Democrat, was memorialized Friday at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, home to the NBA team he once owned.
The public memorial was held inside Fiserv Forum, the arena Kohl, who owned the Milwaukee Bucks from 1985 to 2014, played a key role in creating.
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Former U.S. senator and owner of the Milwaukee Bucks Herb Kohl was remembered Friday for his love of both the city where he grew up and the state of Wisconsin at a memorial service attended by sports, political and business leaders. Kohl, 88, died Dec. 27 after a brief illness. Speakers, including former President Barack Obama's strategist David Axelrod, joked that the spotlight-shunning Kohl had ordered up a snowstorm to dampen attendance at his own memorial held at the Fiserv Forum where the B
Kohl was known for his soft-spoken, unobtrusive approach as a philanthropist, a retail mogul and a senator, an outlook he said he learned from his Jewish immigrant parents.