John Lawrence Mascaro

Age: 73

Summary: retired real estate executive and philanthropist who was a past vice president of Frischhertz Electric Co. and was instrumental in developing shopping malls, apartment complexes and medical office centers in the New Orleans area, who also was a previous minority owner of the New Orleans Saints and helped found the St. Augustine Campus of the Society of the Divine Word Missionaries in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

Cause of Death: Heart problems after being evacuated during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

Born: February 29, 1932

Died: September 13, 2005

Location: Houston, Texas