Mike Gage, Packers HOF board president, dies at 75
Posted by on February 18, 2013 – 12:55 pmMike Gage, the board president of the Packers Hall of Fame, Inc., and a former member of the Green Bay Packers’ board of directors, died on Sunday at the age of 75.
Gage’s family has had a long association with the Packers. Gage’s grandfather, Andrew Turnbull, was the Packers’ first president back in the 1920s and one of the founders of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Turnbull was the newspaper’s first publisher, and Gage became its third publisher. Gage retired from his newspaper work in 1992.
Gage became a member of the Hall of Fame board in 1980 and was that board’s president at the time of his death. He was elected to the Packers’ board of directors in 1999 and became director emeritus in 2007.
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By tbhebert on Feb 19, 2013 | Reply
my condolences to the gage family.rip from a canadian gb shareholder
By Dan A on Feb 19, 2013 | Reply
This shareholder and Packer fan would like to extend my sympathy to the family.
By Chris Galde on Feb 20, 2013 | Reply
As a Shareholder and life long Packer fan My condolences to the Gage family, friends, and to the Packer organization on the loss of Mike! Mikes presence will be missed and may he be taking care of the HOF’s in Heaven. Mike please say “HI” to Vince!!!