alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 25, 2018 Frank Heart, who linked computers as part of a project in the late 1960s / early 1970s, long before the Internet, and was a member of the Internet Hall of Fame, has died. He was 89. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/technology/frank-heart-who-linked-computers-before-the-internet-dies-at-89.html Internet Hall of Fame biography: https://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/frank-heart 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 26, 2018 8 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Frank Heart, who linked computers as part of a project in the late 1960s / early 1970s, long before the Internet, and was a member of the Internet Hall of Fame, has died. He was 89. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/technology/frank-heart-who-linked-computers-before-the-internet-dies-at-89.html Internet Hall of Fame biography: https://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/frank-heart Hold on.....dude does some such that has no effect on the Internet because it occurred before there was an Internet......and is in the Internet HOF? Looks like we just nixxed any legitimacy to that nonsensical organization. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 26, 2018 16 hours ago, Sir Creep said: Hold on.....dude does some such that has no effect on the Internet because it occurred before there was an Internet......and is in the Internet HOF? Looks like we just nixxed any legitimacy to that nonsensical organization. SC To complicate things further, the internet wasn't always the internet. It was the Information superhighway, then the world wide web, then the internet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 2, 2018 George B. Beitzel, a former IBM senior vice president, has died. He was 90. https://news.hamlethub.com/redding/neighbors/45528-george-b-beitzel-known-as-spike-a-resident-of-meadow-ridge-in-redding-has-died Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 4, 2018 Wang Jian, co-founder & co-chairman of HNA Group, which operates China's fourth-largest airline, among various other entities, has died from injuries suffered in a fall. He was 57. https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/chinese-tycoon-dies-after-suffering-severe-injuries-from-fall-in-provence-1.3999108 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 8, 2018 Terry Thomas, a former managing director of the Co-Operative Bank and a key figure in bringing the Commonwealth Games to Manchester, has died. He was 80. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/terry-thomas-co-operative-bank-14869038 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 8, 2018 (Also posted in the Deadio Times thread) Richard Richter, founding president of Radio Free Asia, has died. He was 88. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2154277/richard-richter-founding-president-radio-free-asia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 8, 2018 Doug Cygan, president of the American regional Jewel-Osco grocery store chain, has died. He was 55. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-jewel-osco-president-doug-cygan-died-20180705-story.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 10, 2018 Sam Chisholm, a New Zealand-born media executive also well known in Australia, has died. He was 78. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5936563/Television-legend-Logie-Hall-Famer-Sam-Chisholm-dead-78-short-fight-illness.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 10, 2018 Carlo Benetton, co-founder of the Benetton clothing empire, has died. He was 74. http://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/fashion_luxury/2018/07/10/carlo-benetton-dies-aged-74_9451b843-a5d2-402f-bf62-f1ff1dbc8a0a.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 10, 2018 Formerly alive Ray C. Davis, the former CEO of a Houston-based technology company now known as Giant Gray Inc. — and formerly known as Behavioral Recognition Systems Inc. and BRS Labs — has died. The Houston Chronicle reports that Davis’ lawyer, Dick DeGuerin, confirmed that Davis died July 7. He was in his 60s and suffered from several serious medical conditions, per the Chronicle. Davis was facing federal charges alleging he embezzled money from his company and defrauded investors. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 10, 2018 David Hicks, the founder of Computer Power Inc., has died. He was 82. http://www.jacksonville.com/news/20180710/david-hicks-business-civic-and-philanthropic-powerhouse-has-died-at-82 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 12, 2018 Udo Hardieck, the co-founder of global fashion retailer Gerry Weber, has died. He was 74. https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2018/07/gerry-weber-co-founder-udo-hardieck-dies-aged-74/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 13, 2018 Tom Mignanelli, the first American CEO of Nissan, has died. He was 73. http://www.autonews.com/article/20180712/OEM02/180719898/tom-mignanelli-first-american-ceo-of-nissan-has-died-at-73 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 13, 2018 Eugene Sukup, the founder of Sukup Manufacturing who served 32 years as its president, has died. He was 89. https://businessrecord.com/Content/Manufacturing-Logistics/Manufacturing-Logistics/Article/Sukup-Manufacturing-loses-its-founder/182/929/83185 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 13, 2018 Jonathan Barker, the co-founder and CEO of SK Films and a documentarian, died July 5. He was 66. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jonathan-barker-dead-ceo-sk-films-was-67-1125487 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted July 13, 2018 On 08/07/2018 at 11:28, alt obits guy said: Terry Thomas, a former managing director of the Co-Operative Bank and a key figure in bringing the Commonwealth Games to Manchester, has died. He was 80. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/terry-thomas-co-operative-bank-14869038 I see the Lords' website has been updated with his death. Not yet announced in the Lords as far as I can see, but that is likely next week. Thought that at least The Guardian would have covered his death by now. Hope springs... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 13, 2018 Bill Middleton, a former president of the old Equitable Trust Co. who later became an investment banker, died July 4th. He was 87. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-ob-james-middelton-20180711-story.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 13, 2018 Hank Butta, a former president of the old Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. (C&P Telephone), has died. He was 90. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-ob-henry-butta-20180711-story.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 17, 2018 Ann Hopkins, who took her partnership denial at Price Waterhouse all the way to a Supreme Court victory on the basis of gender bias, died June 23rd. She was 74. (Obituaries out today) https://www.wral.com/ann-hopkins-winner-of-a-workplace-bias-fight-dies-at-74/17704684/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 20, 2018 Joe Perrino, CEO of the Chicago-based Home Run Inn pizza restaurant chain & frozen pizza business, has died. He was 64. http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180720/NEWS07/180729985/joe-perrino-ceo-of-home-run-inn-pizza-dies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 21, 2018 11 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Joe Perrino, CEO of the Chicago-based Home Run Inn pizza restaurant chain & frozen pizza business, has died. He was 64. http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20180720/NEWS07/180729985/joe-perrino-ceo-of-home-run-inn-pizza-dies Another ‘local interest’ obit. His entire pizza chain employed 270 people, shoulda tipped you off. That’s maybe 20 locations. ‘Nationwide’ means he prolly had two locations across the border in Wisconsin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Sir Creep said: Another ‘local interest’ obit. His entire pizza chain employed 270 people, shoulda tipped you off. That’s maybe 20 locations. ‘Nationwide’ means he prolly had two locations across the border in Wisconsin. The restaurant chain has its own Wikipedia entry. That was enough for me to include it, even as a borderline post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,935 Posted July 21, 2018 Sergio Marchionne is in really really bad health. He has left every role and his conditions worsened during the last hours. I think he may have not much left. Really out of the blue for the Southern Corporate Superman. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,935 Posted July 21, 2018 Marchionne's death is imminent. EDIT: Lung cancer and irreversible coma. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
