Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 12, 2019 26 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Joe Girard, recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's best car salesman, has died. He was 90. “Throughout his career, Girard was an eccentric, speaking often of himself in the third person....” Sir Creep thinks that’s awesome! Creep also lived at one time about 5 miles from the auto dealership where this guy sold cars. SC 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 14, 2019 Bill Fotherby, former Managing Director of Leeds United, has died. He was 88. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47570713 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 14, 2019 Michael Snyder, Managing Director at MacKay Shields and former head of AllianceBernstein, has died. He was 55. He is also the second notable Michael Snyder to pass on in recent months. The same-named former CEO of Red Robin died last December. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-14/michael-snyder-managing-director-at-mackay-shields-dies-at-55 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 19, 2019 Thanasis Giannakopoulos, billionaire president of the Greek pharmaceutical company Vianex and its last-surviving co-founder, has died. He was 88. http://www.ekathimerini.com/238710/article/ekathimerini/news/prominent-businessman-thanasis-giannakopoulos-dies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted March 21, 2019 Interestingly this has been posted on my home DP for 24 hours, and here...nowt.Kenneth Ward Anderson, who co-founded Blockbuster Video almost 35 years ago in Dallas with David P. Cook, has died at age 87. He will be buried in a tortoise-shell case. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted March 28, 2019 Jonathan Zierdt, a former Greater Mankato Growth President and CEO, has died. He was 52. (Posting him as much for having considered him for the Deathlist Cup for March as for his business credentials. Didn't figure he'd go quite that fast.) https://www.keyc.com/story/40206600/jonathan-zierdt-passes-away-after-5-year-cancer-battle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted March 28, 2019 Fred Malek, one of these republican billionaire donors, and former CEO of Marriott Hotels and Northwest Airlines, dead at 82: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/25/conservative-fundraiser-fred-malek-dies-1235375 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted April 9, 2019 Cho Yang-ho, the former chair of Korean Air who'd been indicted on multiple charges, including embezzlement and tax evasion, has died. He was 70. https://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Korean-Air-says-chairman-Cho-Yang-ho-has-died-of-13748833.php Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banana 859 Posted April 15, 2019 Bill Stowe, CEO of Des Moines Water Works has passed of pancan I will refrain from saying he may have been a potential future selection in a certain monthly competition as it seems to ruffle some feathers of a certain person people Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted May 1, 2019 Australian Minig legend Sir Arvi Parbo dead at 93 years: https://thewest.com.au/business/mining-legend-and-former-head-of-western-mining-corporation-bhp-and-alcoa-sir-arvi-parbo-dies-at-93-ng-b881185045z He was head of companys like Western Mining, BHP and Alcoa. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted May 3, 2019 Arne Sorenson, the CEO of Marriott International Inc has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted May 11, 2019 Kathleen Eisbrenner, founder and chairwoman of the board of the LNG company NextDecade, has died. She was 58. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/NextDecade-founder-chairman-of-the-board-dies-at-13836119.php Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted May 11, 2019 Warren Phillips, the former CEO of Dow Jones & Co., publisher of the Wall Street Journal, has died. He was 92. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-11/warren-phillips-who-broadened-wall-street-journal-dies-at-92?utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_content=business&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted May 15, 2019 On 07/05/2018 at 16:48, YoungWillz said: Snake oil salesman Jim Bakker selling more snake oil in advance of the end of days: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5699679/Televangelist-Jim-Bakker-says-Missouri-cabins-safest-place-Apocalypse.html (Didn't fancy Tammy Faye's thread for this one, before you start!) Jim Bakker still on the grift trail, selling a $45 Trump 2020 coin which can be used as a point of contact between you and God to pray for Trump's victory. https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a27478606/jim-bakker-pray-coin-president-donald-trump-45/ And on such matters Jim and Tammy Faye are set to be immortalised (ha, love that word in the context of these two) in a movie with Andrew Garfield and Jessica Chastain: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jessica-chastain-andrew-garfield-star-jim-tammy-faye-bakker-biopic-1209404 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted May 17, 2019 Brian Conlon, founder and CEO of First Derivatives, has been diagnosed with cancer: https://www.reuters.com/article/first-derivatives-ceo/first-derivatives-ceo-brian-conlon-diagnosed-with-cancer-will-remain-in-role-idUSL4N22T1R2 It doesn't say which cancer, but I would bet money on it being Conlon Cancer. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,727 Posted May 19, 2019 Irish Businessman Howard Kilroy deat at 83 year: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/howard-kilroy-best-known-for-smurfit-role-dies-aged-83-1.3897534 Best known as governor of Bank of Ireland and CFO of the Smurfit Group, 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted May 19, 2019 2 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said: Irish Businessman Howard Kilroy deat at 83 year: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/howard-kilroy-best-known-for-smurfit-role-dies-aged-83-1.3897534 Best known as governor of Bank of Ireland and CFO of the Smurfit Group, If Kilroy was here, I guess he's not anymore. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted May 26, 2019 Curtis Blake, the co-founder of Friendly's Ice Cream, has died. He was 102. https://www.wcvb.com/article/friendlys-co-founder-curtis-blake-dies-at-102/27602241 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted May 28, 2019 Dan Gilbert has had a stroke, awake and responsive: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-28/billionaire-dan-gilbert-awake-responsive-after-sunday-stroke Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted May 29, 2019 Labour peer Lord Adam Patel of Blackburn, dead: https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/17672130.lord-adam-patel-of-blackburn-has-died/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted June 7, 2019 Former Chairman of Rolls Royce Motors and later Chairman of the Medical Research Council, Sir David Plastow dead at 87: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/233853/plastow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 21, 2019 Bruce Clark, co-owner and general manager of KLBC TV2 of Laughlin (Nevada), reportedly died after suffering a massive stroke while on a trip with friends. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted June 24, 2019 Looking for something else, came across this.Len Kirberg, civil engineer, innovative industry leader and past Chairman, CEO and President of Horner & Shifrin, Inc. from 1988 to 2004, passed away on Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at the age of 76. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted June 24, 2019 One to watch. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48692763 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted June 24, 2019 2 hours ago, Deathray said: One to watch. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48692763 Interesting, another "Life extensionist" (see also my post in "Death Links"). Wouldn't it be funny if all his methods actually worked but his coffee kills him? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
