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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Giants part-owner Burns dies of cancer

San Francisco Giants' part-owner Sue Burns was at fixture at AT&T Park, including the night Barry Bonds hit his 756th career home run in 2007.San Francisco Giants' part-owner Sue Burns was at fixture at AT&T Park, including the night Barry Bonds hit his 756th career home run in 2007. (Eric Risberg/Associated Press)

Sue Burns, a part-owner of the San Francisco Giants, has died at the age of 58.

Burns died late Saturday night of complications from cancer, team spokesman Jim Moorehead said. She was recently diagnosed with the disease.

Giants players and coaches had their annual picnic with Burns at her suburban Atherton home on July 8. Always dressed in orange, Burns was a fixture at the ballpark in the lower-box seats near San Francisco's dugout.

Her husband, Harmon, died in 2006 at age 61.

The Burns family was involved with keeping the Giants in the Bay Area in 1992.