Paul Allen — owner of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks and the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers — died on Monday in Seattle.

He was 65.In a statement Kansas City Chiefs Hats , his family said Allen died from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.Allen was originally diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease in 1982, and in 2009, underwent chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.Although it had been in remission for years, two weeks ago, Allen announced that the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma had returned, and expressed optimism in his ability to beat the disease.Most owners of professional sports franchises are relatively unknown individuals who become well-known only when they first purchase their teams.This was not the case with Allen.In 1975 — after seeing a Popular Mechanics magazine cover showing an early microcomputer — Allen persuaded his high school friend Bill Gates to drop out of Harvard University and join him in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where a startup company called MITS had built what is now credited as the first personal computer.Bill Gates and Paul Allen (right) in 1975The MITS machine lacked software, and Allen and Gates — who in high school had spent time programming mainframe computers through time-sharing terminals — convinced the company they were the team to write it.Allen dubbed their partnership Micro-Soft, and in 1980 Kansas City Chiefs Womens Hoodie , the company landed the biggest fish in the ocean, making a deal to provide the operating system software for IBM personal computers.Although there are many individuals who were instrumental in developing the technology you are using to read this article, Allen’s name is certainly on a very short list among them, as acknowledged in a statement issued by current Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella:Because of his recently-diagnosed illness — and reported differences with Gates — Allen left Microsoft in the early 1980s, although he remained on the company’s board until 2000.His personal wealth — estimated in the tens of billions of dollars — funded many philanthropic causes in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.Some — such as the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle — reflected his personal interests. Shirts and a model from Star Trek on display at The Science Fiction Museum in Seattle, Washington that opened in 2004.The museum was created with $20 million from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.Photo by Ron Wurzer/Getty ImagesIn 1988, he purchased the Trail Blazers.In 1997, he bought the Seahawks.In both cases, he bought the teams to prevent them from being moved to larger markets,and pledged to keep them there — as emphasized by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in his statement on Allen’s death:Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt expressed his admiration for Allen in a statement.Allen never married and has no children.He is survived only by his sister Jody Allen.What will happen with regard to his ownership of the Seahawks and Trail Blazers is not yet known.The two teams are estimated to be worth more than $3.6 billion. UPDATE (Tuesday Womens Customized Kansas City Chiefs Jerseys , 4:05 p.m. Arrowhead Time):The Chiefs make it official, via their official Twitter account. S Leon McQuay, who was brought up to the active roster due to the safety shortage, has been waived once again.The Kansas City Chiefs are likely bringing back free agent offensive lineman Jeff Allen, according to a report from NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo.Allen, 28, originally entered the league with the Chiefs when they selected him in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft. Allen spent 2012 to 2015 with the team before signing a four-year deal with the Houston Texans back in 2016.The move comes in wake of the recent injuries to the Chiefs along the offensive line. The feeling I’ve gotten from the team is that team decision-makers believe starting right guard Laurent Durvernay-Tardif is done for the year, and starting center Mitch Morse, who has a slight concussion history, suffered another one in the Chiefs’ game Sunday night loss to the New England Patriots.Allen is not only versatile—he’s played guard www.chiefscheapshoponline.com , tackle and center—he is also a locker room favorite. Ask any of the Chiefs’ offensive linemen, and they will tell you how much they loved playing with him.Allen started 26 games for the Texans over the last two seasons, mainly at right guard but mixing in some left tackle. When Morse left the game Sunday, the Chiefs line from left to right was LT Eric Fisher, LG Cam Erving, C Jordan Devey, RG Andrew Wylie and RT Mitch Schwartz. It will be interesting to see how Allen fits in that mix. He has been a free agent since the Texans released him in mid-July with an injury settlement.