Herb Kohl, a former U.S. senator and owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 88 following a “brief illness.” Herb Kohl Philanthropies announced his passing.

“Throughout his life, Herb Kohl always put people first — from his employees and their families to his customers and countless charitable organizations and efforts,” Herb Kohl Philanthropies director of giving JoAnne Anton said.

“Herb Kohl Way isn’t just the name of a street in front of the Fiserv Forum. The Herb Kohl Way perfectly sums up a legacy of humility, commitment, compromise, and kindness to countless people he worked with, served, and helped along the way. Those values will live on through his Foundation.”

“They came with zero,” Kohl said of his parents, according to the Journal-Sentinel. “None of us ever thought we could get by on anything less than a full effort in life.”

Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers wrote on X: “A Milwaukeean and Wisconsinite through and through, U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl dedicated his life to serving our kids, our communities, our state, and our country. Sen. Kohl was, without a doubt, nobody’s senator but ours. Kathy and I are devastated by the news of his passing.”