alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 22, 2018 Earl Bakken, the founder of Medtronic, has died. He was 94. https://www.kare11.com/article/news/medtronic-founder-earl-bakken-dies/89-606583853 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medtronic 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted October 22, 2018 10 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Earl Bakken, the founder of Medtronic, has died. He was 94. https://www.kare11.com/article/news/medtronic-founder-earl-bakken-dies/89-606583853 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medtronic That's sad news. I know a couple of people that work for Medtronic. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted October 22, 2018 I thought Greatbatch held the patents for various pacemaker stuff, and not Medtronic. They developed them true, but I wouldn't say Bakken was the inventor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted October 22, 2018 Richard Parsons, hardly there as CEO of CBS after Les Moonves' #metoo exit, already gone as well because of multiple myeloma: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/22/cbs-interim-chairman-parsons-resigns-from-board-replaced-by-zelnick.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 22, 2018 On 10/07/2018 at 08:39, alt obits guy said: 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 Gilberto Benetton, co-founder of the Benetton clothing empire has died. He was 77. That's two siblings gone in the span of less than four months. http://www.themeditelegraph.com/en/transport/2018/10/22/gilberto-0KNtSY6yEDqWRdIXy7c4EO/index.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted October 23, 2018 So 2 out of the 4 Benetton siblings die since July? . Luciano + Giuliana straight onto next years lists. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 26, 2018 Tom Jago, the president and co-founder of The Last Drop Distillers whose career, though, was defined by having created Baileys' Irish Cream and Johnnie Walker Blue Label, among others, has died. He was 93. https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornishman-who-created-baileys-irish-2144909 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 28, 2018 Terry Laughlin, vice chairman and head of global wealth & investment management at Bank of America, has died. He was 63. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-26/bofa-vice-chairman-global-wealth-head-terry-laughlin-dies-at-63 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 8, 2018 Robert Symons, the CEO of the United Kingdom subsidiary of American power company PPL Corp., has died. He was 64. https://www.mcall.com/business/mc-biz-ppl-executive-death-20181107-story.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 8, 2018 Bob Naegele Jr., the founding owner of the Minnesota Wild NHL franchise, has died. He was 78. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/founding-wild-owner-naegele-dies-cancer-78/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 14, 2018 Barry Rand, a former CEO of Avis, has died. He was 74. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/13/obituaries/barry-rand-dead.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 14, 2018 Caroline Rose Hunt, heiress and hotelier of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, has died. She was 95. Hunt was, at one time, the wealthiest woman in the U.S. https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2018/11/14/dallas-hotelier-philanthropist-caroline-rose-hunt.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted December 3, 2018 Anders Lonner, the Chairman of Karo Pharma, has died. https://www.reuters.com/article/karo-pharma-chairman/karo-pharma-says-chairman-anders-lonner-has-died-idUSL8N1Y814T Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 3, 2018 Wolfgang Mayrhuber, former Chairman and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, passed away last Saturday, December 1st, 2018, at the age of 71, due to a serious illness. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted December 4, 2018 Former Red Robin CEO Michael Snyder is dead by suicide aged 68. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,608 Posted December 6, 2018 Pizza Express founder Peter Boizot, dead aged 89. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted December 6, 2018 3 minutes ago, time said: Pizza Express founder Peter Boizot, dead aged 89. I may have used this one before.... No suggestion he topped himself? (Yeah, it's a cheesy one, not one of my supreme efforts). 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny kiltrunner 553 Posted December 6, 2018 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said: I may have used this one before.... No suggestion he topped himself? (Yeah, it's a cheesy one, not one of my supreme efforts). That fell a bit flat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted December 7, 2018 Bloodhound SSC is dead.... Not a person, but a project. Not sure where to put that so I thought "Inventors". Bloodhound SSC is a project to propel a person over the 1000MPH barrier on land. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted December 8, 2018 Very interesting article on my DDP pick Thuy Thanh Truong and why she's an interesting pick: http://vietcetera.com/salt-cancer-initiatives-thuy-muoi-is-the-queen-of-startups-and-the-queen-of-problems/?fbclid=IwAR1c1P-fdCDeWGIbNX8uj5JmD6en25TjTYYInHeosDjjWb6-ZMQhihE1tVk She's handling this all very professionally. And because of that, she was not one for this year (now we know). However, the cancer will follow her for the rest of her life. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,477 Posted December 16, 2018 On 05/06/2018 at 15:34, Death Impends said: David Koch is stepping down from the Koch business/political network due to deteriorating health. Even though there's countless others like him doing the same thing, good riddance nevertheless. Who wants a vague update on Koch in the middle of a Politico article? Quote They are clues to the direction in which the Koch network will move over the coming years as Chase Koch assumes a larger responsibility for the sprawling network, which spent $400 million on policy and politics alone over the past two years, and millions more on educational and philanthropic initiatives. And they come at a time when succession is suddenly top of mind. Earlier this year, Chase Koch’s uncle David, who is 78 years old and in declining physical and mental health, according to people familiar with his situation, left his roles at the Koch network and Koch Industries. Though Charles, 83, remains in control of the network, it is widely expected that his leadership role will be taken on by Chase, with help from several longtime Koch aides. Oh, and it might be linked to a two decade fight against cancer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,228 Posted December 16, 2018 HQ Trivia and Vine cofounder Colin Kroll dead from drug overdose aged 35. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,530 Posted December 16, 2018 52 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: HQ Trivia and Vine cofounder Colin Kroll dead from drug overdose aged 35. Shame it wasn't the HQ host tbh. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FixedBusiness 407 Posted December 16, 2018 4 hours ago, Spade_Cooley said: Shame it wasn't the HQ host tbh. For fucking real. That guy pisses me off so much, and there's many of these HQ Trivia-like games around the app store that I've seen and, believe me, their hosts are about as annoying as him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted December 16, 2018 If Google translate does its work right, then Thuy Thanh Truong had to delay the publication of a book because her health is too bad at the moment, and she needs major surgery: https://www.giadinhmoi.vn/hoi-ky-chien-dau-voi-ung-thu-cua-thuy-muoi-doi-ngay-xuat-ban-vi-ly-do-dac-biet-d17453.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
