Tim Lee, The Man Who Lured The Braves To Cobb County, Dies

Tim Lee, shown in 2013, served as chairman of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners from 2010 to 2017.

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The commission chairman who spearheaded the Atlanta Braves’ move to Cobb County has died.

Tim Lee, who served as chairman of the Board of Commissioners from 2010 to 2017, died Sunday afternoon following a “devastating” cancer diagnosis. Lee told 11Alive Tuesday that he had been fighting cancer of the esophagus for the past year.

County leaders reacted with shock and sadness.