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"We mourn the passing of former Padres executive Larry Lucchino. Larry's passion and leadership was instrumental in the design and construction of Petco Park," the team said.
Lucchino was the Padres president and CEO from 1995 to 2001. He helped assemble two playoff clubs, including the 1998 National League champions, and was.
Longtime San Diego public relations consultant John Freeman, a former sports and media journalist with the San Diego Union-Tribune, has ventured into writing, editing and publishing biographies, which he calls “legacy books."