Jerry Buss Bigamy (2025)

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How many times was Jerry Buss married? ›

Jerry Buss was married twice. After separating from JoAnn, Buss allegedly married his second wife, Veronica Hoff, in the same year while still married to his first wife, JoAnn. Known for his playboy persona during his tenure as the Lakers' owner, Buss had a reputation for dating younger women.

Upon his death, Jerry Buss' net worth was an estimated $700 million. He passed his 66% controlling interest in the LA Lakers to six children (Jeanie, Jim, Johnny, Janie, Joey, and Jesse) via the Buss Family Trust. Each of the Buss children own an 11% stake in the team.

Personal life. Buss has seven known children. His marriage to the former JoAnn Mueller ended in divorce in 1972 after having five children: Lee (born 1953), Johnny (born 1956), Jim (born 1959), Jeanie (born 1961) and Janie (born 1963). Their oldest child, Lee, was put up for adoption shortly after birth.

The former mathematician claimed his fortune grew out of a $1,000 real-estate investment in a West Los Angeles apartment building with partner Frank Mariani, an aerospace engineer. Buss purchased Cooke's entire Los Angeles sports empire in 1979, including a 13,000-acre ranch in Kern County.

Buss was married to JoAnn Mueller until they divorced. They had four children. Then he was married to Karen Buss until his death in 2013. They had two children.

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So Buss bought and then immediately sold the building's lease (the ground beneath the building is owned by Cooper Union For the Advancement of Science and Art) to Cooke and bought the stadium, the teams, and a 12,000 acre ranch in the Sierras from Cooke.

Jerry was well-known in the public eye for his bachelor lifestyle, and in the clip, Johnny Buss notes that not buying the Cowboys was his dad's biggest disappointment. The team was eventually sold to Jerry Jones, who eventually turned the franchise into the best football team of the 1990s.

Lee was born in 1953 and is the first child of Dr. Jerry Buss and JoAnn Mueller. She was given up for adoption because, as her adoption papers stated, her parents didn't have the time, finances, and resources to raise her the way they felt she deserved.

How many rings does Jerry Buss have? ›

As the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers from 1979 until he passed away in 2013, Dr. Jerry Buss oversaw one of the greatest stretches in sports and entertainment history. His beloved Lakers made it to the Finals 16 times – nearly half of his 33 seasons – and won 10 championships while missing the playoffs only twice.

Johnson is a former part-owner of the Lakers and was the team's president of basketball operations in the late 2010s.

In The Hollywood Reporter, Alex Ben Block tells an anecdote about how smart Buss was. One way Buss showed his mental prowess was demonstrated in Monopoly games he used to play with Hefner. They did not use a board in front of them but rather kept everything in their heads -- all the positions and moves.

Buss, 61, is best known as the president and the controlling owner of the Lakers, which amounts to a significant portion of her career earnings. After Buss' father Jerry Buss died in 2013, his six children inherited his controlling portion of 66% of the Lakers, with each of his children getting around 11% of the team.

N0 one was paying $67.5 million for a team in a league some thought was on the verge of going out of business. In fact, the Lakers accounted for less than half of the final sale price, as the team and the Kings together were sold for just $24 million, according to Buss himself in the New York Times article.

Based on the relationship timeline and some key personal details, Honey would be based on Marsha Lee Osborne, who claimed to have met Buss in an elevator hotel in 1969 when she was 19, and Buss was 36. Her storied relationship with Buss fits Winning Time's brand of dysfunctional drama perfectly.

Jerry West could have played more than 14 seasons but didn't want to "sacrifice my standards." Nine times in his 14 seasons West's Lakers made the finals: They lost eight, the first six times to the Celtics. He got his only NBA title in the Lakers' record-setting 1971-72 season, but championships never defined him.