Jerry Buss, the Los Angelos Lakers owner who has led the NBA team to 10 championships between the Showtime dynasty of the 1980s to the current Kobe Bryant era, died Monday at the age of 80.

Buss had been hospitalized for most of the past 18 months while undergoing cancer treatment, but the immediate cause of death was kidney failure, his assistant explains. With his condition clearly worsening in recent weeks, many former Lakers visited Buss to say goodbye.