Lifelong horseman, accomplished owner/breeder, and Eclipse Award leading owner of 1980 Bertram Robert Firestone died July 12 in West Palm Beach, Fla., following a rapid deterioration of his health in the past week, according to his family. Firestone would have turned 90 next month. Firestone's association with horses started in the show ring. He attended the New York Military Academy where he was on the jumping team and also attended the University of Virginia.