John H. McConnell, the steel magnate who was the majority owner of the Columbus Blue Jackets, died Friday. He was 84. McConnell, who had been diagnosed with cancer last year, died at a Columbus hospital, said Cathy Lyttle, a spokeswoman with Worthington Industries, a $3 billion-a-year steel processing company that McConnell started in 1955 with $600 he borrowed against his car.
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