Browsing: Obituary
Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar nominee whose most famous works skewered America’s food industry and who notably ate only…
The ‘Quant King’ who shook the world of hedge funds with his secretive Renaissance Technologies has died at 86
Jim Simons, the mathematician-investor who created what many in finance consider the world’s greatest moneymaking machine at his secretive firm,…
Cesar Luis Menotti, the ‘thin one’ who led Argentina to its first World Cup in 1978, has died at 85
César Luis Menotti, the charismatic coach who led Argentina to its first World Cup title in 1978, has died, the…
Detroit man who John Lennon made legendary for getting 10 year sentence after giving 2 joints to undercover cops dies at 82
John Sinclair, a poet, music producer and counterculture figure whose lengthy prison sentence after a series of small-time pot busts…
Self-made billionaire who became China’s richest man by winning a corporate war with France’s Danone dies at 79
Zong Qinghou, the self-made billionaire who became China’s richest man by wresting control of the country’s top beverage brand from…
Lord Jacob Rothschild, the banker who broke from Europe’s biggest banking dynasty to build his own financial empire in London, dies at 87
Jacob Rothschild, the banker and philanthropist who left the family bank to build his own financial empire in the City…
Abilio Diniz, Brazilian billionaire who survived a kidnapping and the loss of his retail empire before a Francophile reinvention, dies at 87
Abilio Diniz, the acclaimed Brazilian business leader who grew his family retail business into a giant, lost control of it,…
Former YouTube CEO’s son found dead in UC Berkeley dorm, leaving prominent Silicon Valley family ‘devastated beyond comprehension’
The son of former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki was found dead in a college dorm on Tuesday. Marco Troper, 19,…
Former gas station owner and J.C. Penney manager who became a millionaire after 50 dies at 94, leaving his company to employees
Bob Moore, founder of the Bob’s Red Mill brand known for its whole grain products and benevolence towards employees, died…
Jimmy Van Eaton, pioneering rock ‘n’ roll drummer who spent 4 decades selling bonds after backing Jerry Lee Lewis, dies at 86
J.M. “Jimmy” Van Eaton, a pioneering rock ‘n’ roll drummer who played behind the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis and…












