Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, 84, died Sunday morning at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, his family said in a statement. The cause of death is believed to be heart failure complicated by Parkinson's Disease.

A former lawyer, Tagliabue supplanted Pete Rozelle as the seventh NFL commissioner in 1989. He remained in that position until 2006, when Roger Goodell succeeded him. Fourteen years after his retirement, Tagliabue was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2020.

"All of us in the NFL are deeply saddened by the passing of Paul Tagliabue, whose principled leadership and vision put the NFL on the path to unparalleled success," said Goodell in a statement released Sunday by the NFL. "Throughout his decades-long leadership on behalf of the NFL

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