A 107-year-old Northern California woman who gained fame very late in life as an avid and gregarious fan of the Golden State Warriors died Thursday.
Helen Brooks was better known as “Sweetie” and became a media darling last year after The Mercury News of San Jose wrote about her decades-long dedication to the team that eventually won the NBA championship in 2015.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr even gave a shout-out to Sweetie on TV last year, and she was invited to watch the team play from a suite at Oracle Arena.
She loved to tell the players what to do from the comfort of her living room. She disdained sloppy play.
Daughter Lily Toney said her mother was a positive person who cracked subtle jokes and didn’t let the little things in life bother her. Toney gave no cause of death for Brooks other than old age.
