MADRID: Jesus Gil, the controversial owner of Spanish football club Atletico Madrid and one-time mayor of the glitzy resort of Marbella, died on Friday – six days after suffering a stroke.
The outspoken real estate tycoon, 71, was admitted to hospital in Talavera de la Reina, southwest of Madrid, on Sunday and was later transferred to a clinic in the capital where he died on Friday.
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