NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Tagliabue, the NFL commissioner who ran the league for 17 years in an era of riches and expansion, has died at 84.

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Tagliabue’s family informed the league of his death in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Tagliabue, who had developed Parkinson’s disease, was commissioner after Pete Rozelle from 1989 to 2006. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame as part of a special centennial class in 2020. Current Commissioner Roger Goodell succeeded Tagliabue.

FILE - NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue delivers his State of the NFL remarks ahead of Super Bowl XL in Detroit, in this Friday, Feb. 3, 2006, file photo. Tagliabue will be enshrined as part of the 2020 class voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

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