Sidney Shlenker - Flamboyant entrepreneur and promoter who once owned the Denver Nuggets and was chief executive of the Houston Astrodome's parent company, and who was known for bringing wild events to the Astrodome in the 70s and 80s, including the Battle of the Sexes tennis match between Billy Jean King and Bobby Riggs in 1973, died April 23, 2003 of heart failure in Los Angeles at age 66.
