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William W. “Bill” Boeschenstein, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Owens Corning, has died, the company announced today.

He was 91. Mr. Boeschenstein, the son of Owens Corning’s first chief executive officer, Harold Boeschenstein, served as chief executive officer from 1973 to 1990 and as chairman from 1981 to 1990. He had joined the company in 1950.

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Joe Rogers Sr., co-founder and former CEO of Waffle House, has died aged 97. Along with co-founder Tom Forkner, he continued to hold a majority in the company until death.

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35 minutes ago, gcreptile said:

Ikutaro Kakehashi, found of the company Roland (tons of veryinfluential keyboards and synthesizers), dead at 87:

 

http://uk.complex.com/music/2017/04/roland-creator-ikutaro-kakehashi-died

Lying in (808) state...

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On 4/2/2017 at 04:16, gcreptile said:

Ikutaro Kakehashi, found of the company Roland (tons of veryinfluential keyboards and synthesizers), dead at 87:

 

http://uk.complex.com/music/2017/04/roland-creator-ikutaro-kakehashi-died

We lost the founder of Roland and the founder of Marshall (amps) in the same week, that's crazy.

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Chris Bevington, a director of Spotify, was one of the terrorist victims of Stockholm mowed down by a truck.

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On 4/7/2017 at 10:56, Sir Creep said:

We lost the founder of Roland and the founder of Marshall (amps) in the same week, that's crazy.

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Well fuck....so much for assuming y'all were on the ball.  How the hell did you miss the April 5th death of Jim Marshall (Marshall amps founder)????
 

Jim Marshall, a British music store owner who influenced the raucous sound and chest-thumping volume of rock-and-roll with his Marshall amplifiers, the stage hardware of choice for guitarists Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Slash, died April 5 at a hospice in London. He was 88.

The death, of undisclosed causes, was announced on the Marshall amplifiers Web site.

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Former Chairman of the London Metals Exchange, Raj Bagri, Baron Bagri has died aged 86. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-26/bagri-former-lme-chairman-and-titan-of-metals-trading-has-died-j1yt12dc

 

Former Tory peer who gave up his seat in the Lords to maintain his non-domiciled status for tax purposes. Yes, one of those Tories who put avoiding tax before public service.

 

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raj_Bagri,_Baron_Bagri

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On 3/6/2017 at 23:46, RishCast said:

Joe Rogers Sr., co-founder and former CEO of Waffle House, has died aged 97. Along with co-founder Tom Forkner, he continued to hold a majority in the company until death.

In March, Waffle House co-founder Joe Rogers Sr at age 97, leaving his 99-year-old partner Tom Forkner behind. Now, Forkner has died, the Atlanta-based company confirmed Thursday.

Details on the death weren’t immediately released.

The partners, who were neighbors, founded Waffle House in 1955 in Avondale Estates. The pair had met when Rogers bought a house from Forkner, who was in the real estate business. 

They decided the DeKalb County city needed a 24-hour restaurant. It launched Labor Day.

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A day full of big news already....
Fox News confirmed Thursday morning that its founder, Roger Ailes, has died at age 77. It was first reported by Drudge Report, who published a statement by his wife.


Looks like the sexual harassment comes to an end at Faux News.
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(Edit: I see this has been posted in Deaths of 2017.  Know this: Sir Creep searched 'Ailes' and got zero hits prior to posting.
Well now....at least the day's on an uptick after the earlier Chris Cornell news.)

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3 hours ago, Whitehouse said:

Wetsuit pioneer gets to wear wooden suit.

Instead of a burial or cremation couldnt he do the decent thing, that surfer thing, and allow some sharks to eat him?

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On 3/3/2016 at 21:42, Sir Creep said:

Found this from January:

The chairman and CEO of Cerner Corporation informed clients, shareholders and colleagues on Monday of his cancer diagnosis. Neal Patterson, 66, said in a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that he was diagnosed with a soft tissue cancer just after the new year. His physician has told him that the type of cancer he has is treatable and curable (oh I love when they say it), and there is no evidence of cancer elsewhere in his body. Patterson plans to begin treatment immediately.
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HA HA HA.....
Treatable and curable.  I LOV V V V E when they say it!

Fucking DEAD.

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52 minutes ago, Sir Creep said:

HA HA HA.....
Treatable and curable.  I LOV V V V E when they say it!

Fucking DEAD.

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Just saying Creep, the link you posted links back to this page.

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Jon Underwood, re-inventor of the "Death Café", opened in London, has died suddenly of leukemia at 44:

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/07/10/the-founder-of-death-cafe-has-died-but-his-movement-to-accept-the-inevitable-end-of-life-will-live-on/?utm_term=.ee1831426d92

 

Also, there's a facebook page of a "Death Café Berlin". Hmm, I need to do some research.

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20 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

HA HA HA.....
Treatable and curable.  I LOV V V V E when they say it!

Fucking DEAD.

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CEOs are probably the most hubristic people about beating cancer.

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20 hours ago, FixedBusiness said:

Just saying Creep, the link you posted links back to this page.

That was bizarre -- thanks for head's up.  It's been addressed.

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On 10.7.2017 at 20:32, gcreptile said:

Jon Underwood, re-inventor of the "Death Café", opened in London, has died suddenly of leukemia at 44:

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/07/10/the-founder-of-death-cafe-has-died-but-his-movement-to-accept-the-inevitable-end-of-life-will-live-on/?utm_term=.ee1831426d92

 

Also, there's a facebook page of a "Death Café Berlin". Hmm, I need to do some research.

He got a Telegraph obit!

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/07/13/jon-underwood-death-cafe-founder-obituary/

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