Chuck DeVoe, part of a group of businessmen who founded the Indiana Pacers, died Saturday at age 83.
The cause of death was melanoma, his family said. He'd been diagnosed in September.
In 1967 DeVoe was among a handful of local businessmen who founded the Pacers, which would become the American Basketball Association's most successful team and today sits atop the National Basketball Association's Eastern Conference.
DeVoe was the team's president from 1968-74, overseeing three ABA championship seasons. The Pacers joined the NBA in 1976.