time 8,599 Posted March 12 Vince Power, music promoter and club owner (Mean Fiddler, Dingwall's) died, aged 76. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted March 12 1 hour ago, time said: Vince Power, music promoter and club owner (Mean Fiddler, Dingwall's) died, aged 76. Thanks to our bassist and manager being bookers for him, we got to play at all of his London venues in the early 90s, but I don’t recall ever bumping into him. I always pictured him as a kind of JP McManus type rather than an Alan Sugar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 13 Bernard L. Schwartz, the long-time CEO of Loral and a key Democratic party supporter during the Clinton administration, has died. He was 98. https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/bernard-l-schwartz-loral-ceo-who-funded-democrats-dies-at-98-1.2046203 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 14 Gerald M. Levin, a visionary executive at HBO who would later become the architect of the disastrous merger of AOL and Time Warner, has died. He was 84. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/gerald-levin-dead-architect-aol-time-warner-merger-1235852261/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Planetist 122 Posted March 15 Shigeichi Negishi, the Inventor of Karaoke, Dies at 100. 8 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted March 15 7 minutes ago, Planetist said: Shigeichi Negishi, the Inventor of Karaoke, Dies at 100. Personal death of the year, already. Just slightly above Pigcasso. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 1,116 Posted March 18 On 29/05/2015 at 21:36, YoungWillz said: American Express President, Ed Gilligan, 55. http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/american-express-president-dies-suddenly-flight-31400483 James D Robinson, former CEO of American Express from 1977 to 1993, has died aged 88. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Summer in Transylvania 2,183 Posted March 21 Markus Jooste, South African millionaire former CEO of Steinhoff International during the company's 2017 scandal dead by suicide aged 63. He has been mentioned once before on this site as a (very minor) contender for the 2019 Crowdsourced Deathlist. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 23 On 21/03/2024 at 13:39, Summer in Transylvania said: Markus Jooste, South African millionaire former CEO of Steinhoff International during the company's 2017 scandal dead by suicide aged 63. He has been mentioned once before on this site as a (very minor) contender for the 2019 Crowdsourced Deathlist. we have a suicide thread, the opportunity to use it comes maybe 10 times a year. Please avail yourself. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 25 Linda Bean, an entrepreneur and the granddaughter of famed outdoor retailer LL Bean who also acted as a philanthropist and GOP activist, has died. She was 82. https://apnews.com/article/ll-bean-linda-maine-8fc1aa722925ffb4c3e7b16eaec7b488 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted April 3 Jim Hopson, a former president & CEO of the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders, has died. He was 73. https://regina.ctvnews.ca/former-roughriders-president-and-ceo-jim-hopson-has-died-1.6831821 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted April 26 Indian billionaire NR Narayana Murthy just discharged from hospital and in failing health. Also the father in law of Rishi Sunak. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comped 528 Posted April 26 7 hours ago, drol said: Indian billionaire NR Narayana Murthy just discharged from hospital and in failing health. Also the father in law of Rishi Sunak. I wonder if Rishi or his wife stand to inherit anything... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polar duck 870 Posted April 26 Former Ford CEO Donald Petersen dead at 97. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,391 Posted April 26 16 minutes ago, Comped said: I wonder if Rishi or his wife stand to inherit anything... It's probably a relief for them (as well as us) that he's almost certainly lost the upcoming election. Once that happens, they can fuck off to somewhere without inheritance tax. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comped 528 Posted April 26 1 hour ago, TQR said: It's probably a relief for them (as well as us) that he's almost certainly lost the upcoming election. Once that happens, they can fuck off to somewhere without inheritance tax. May want to call it quick then, doubt the guy will last till next year (unlike the King). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted May 2 Mike Lindell, aka "My pillow guy", is being compared to an even deader looking Paul Bearer for this photo: https://x.com/IwriteOK/status/1786078467454607388 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted May 3 Naresh Goyal, Indian businessman and founder of Jet Airways has cancer, and his wife, too: https://www.indiatoday.in/law/story/jet-airways-founder-naresh-goyal-wife-anita-goyal-months-to-live-lost-all-will-to-live-lawyer-harish-salve-interim-medical-bail-2534850-2024-05-03 Anita Goyal is British-born, an MBE, as author/philantropist and such: https://anitagoyal.com/ There is some legal drama in the background though, so it might be a little less dramatic than it certainly sounds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,599 Posted May 8 Frank Shrontz, former CEO and chairman of Boeing, dead at 92. He was in charge through the development of the 747-400 & 777. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,970 Posted May 8 1 hour ago, time said: Frank Shrontz, former CEO and chairman of Boeing, dead at 92. He was in charge through the development of the 747-400 & 777. Boeing 2-1 Whistleblowers 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 488 Posted May 9 Wasn't sure where to pop this, but this thread seemed appropriate: Ramón Fonseca Mora, co-founder of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, which was caught up in the Panama Papers leak, dead at 71. He and his partner and law firm were also generally caught up in a bunch of other corruption and money-laundering scandals and were associated with a bunch of despotic regimes: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-68986408 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted May 9 Ok, you better copy wiki page of recent deaths in a single post. Fonseca is notable, but it's a bit cheap to copy it from wiki as you were genuinely breaking the news. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 488 Posted May 9 Just now, drol said: Ok, you better copy wiki page of recent deaths in a single post. Fonseca is notable, but it's a bit cheap to copy it from wiki as you were genuinely breaking the news. Huh? I found out about it on Wikipedia, sure, but if it was posted on the forum previously I couldn't find it through the search function Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,945 Posted May 9 It wasn't. I just find it very cheap. It may be just me. Have a good time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 488 Posted May 9 1 minute ago, drol said: It wasn't. I just find it very cheap. It may be just me. Have a good time. Not sure what's cheap about it? That I got it from Wikipedia originally? Sorry, very confused here, but maybe that's just me I guess 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites