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On May 4, 1981 Los Angeles attorney Donald T. Sterling bought the San Diego Clippers professional basketball team from producer Irv Levin for about $13.5 million .
From The San Diego Union, Tuesday, May 5, 1981:
Sterling Acquires Clippers For #13.5 Million
Los Angeles Attorney Plans To Keep Club In San Diego
By DAN BERGER, Staff Writer, The San Diego Union
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Irv Levin couldn’t wait until the Washington Monument fell. Donald T. Sterling now owns the san Diego Clippers and says he does not plan to move the franchise.
Levin told a news conference yesterday he has agreed to sell the club to Sterling, a Los Angeles attorney. Sterling then said that he and Levin -who long had denied he was trying to sell his National Basketball Association franchise -had discussed the sale for about a year. ....

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