Reports: Art Modell Dead at 87

UPDATED (7:15 a.m.)—Baltimore media outlets are reporting former Ravens owner Art Modell has died.

FOX45 began reporting around 6 a.m. that Modell had died. On its website, FOX45 reported that Modell, 87, was being treated for heart failure.

Around 7 a.m., WBAL.com and The Sun reported Modell had died.

The Sun reported early Thursday morning that Modell had been hospitalized at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Modell sold the Ravens to Steve Bisciotti in two parts—49 percent ownership in 2000, and the remaining 51 percent in 2004.

He moved the Ravens to Baltimore before the start of the 1996 season. The Ravens won the Super Bowl in January 2001.

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