Joe Coors Jr., a businessman and one-time congressional candidate whose great-grandfather founded the Coors family beer empire, died Thursday from stroke complications. He was 74.
"The entire family is deeply saddened by Joe's death," his brother Pete Coors, the vice chairman of Molson Coors Brewing Company (TAP), said in a statement.
Coors was deeply involved with the family business, founded in 1873 by Adolph Coors Sr. He served as president, chairman and CEO of its ceramics and industrial company, now called CoorsTek. Coors retired in 2000 but kept working, including as a manager for the family trust, Keystone Holdings.