Of Junior Bridgeman’s three children, two have taken the reins and made considerable strides in furthering the family legacy that their father created.

Junior Bridgeman, who played 10 of his 12 NBA seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks, later built a massive restaurant company and was one of the largest Wendy’s franchisees. He died

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Junior Bridgeman, a basketball standout who led Louisville to a Final Four, played 12 seasons in the NBA and then launched an even more successful career as a businessman with stakes in publishing, restaurants and the Milwaukee Bucks, died Tuesday. He was 71.