Sir Creep 7,013 Posted June 15, 2015 Douglas D. Danforth, retired chairman and CEO of Westinghouse Electric Corp. and later CEO and chairman of the Pirates, died Tuesday, June 9, 2015, in UPMC Montefiore during a short battle with cancer. He was 92 and resided in Ligonier and in Naples, Fla.. SChttp://triblive.com/mobile/8540440-96/danforth-pirates-pittsburgh Naples, FLA... Don't dought I've walked by the bottom of his garden, wondering "who lives in a house like this?" I spent two years as a child in Pittsburgh, PA and my parents took a few trips to Ligonier, PA to see Fort Ligonier where they would re-enact battles etc. Surely a 3- yr old like me was bored, but there ain't a lot in Ligonier besides rolling hills and apparently a house owned by the Westinghouse CEO (an aside, my dad worked at Westinhouse for a couple years). SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,013 Posted June 15, 2015 Robert Massie, CEO of CAS for 22 years, ain't no more livin. As a (former?) librarian, CAS was a vital scientific research tool. SC http://cen.acs.org/articles/93/i24/Robert-Massie-Dies-66.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,013 Posted June 16, 2015 Longest serving member of the Erie Insurance Bd of Directors, Susan Hirt Hagan, no longer needs her life insurance perk. SC http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/susan-hirt-hagen-longest-serving-erie-indemnity-board-director-dies-june-15-2015-300099349.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adrian0719 210 Posted June 16, 2015 Kirk Kerkorian dead. http://m.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/billionaire-las-vegas-mogul-kirk-kerkorian-dies-los-angeles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 17,762 Posted June 16, 2015 Kirk Kerkorian dead. http://m.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/billionaire-las-vegas-mogul-kirk-kerkorian-dies-los-angeles Ah, I missed this, sorry. He was on the Deathlist. [And, on a personal level, the most obscure hit I can ever recall them having.] 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted June 17, 2015 The 'Soy King' of Brazil, Olacyr de Moraes, is dead at 84: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3126948/Soy-King-Brazil-Olacyr-Moraes-dies-84.html Another 'from rags to riches' story. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mijkediablo 79 Posted June 17, 2015 James B. Lee Jr., one of the most prominent bankers in the murders and executions mergers and acquisitions industry, died on Wednesday http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/18/business/dealbook/jimmy-lee-investment-banking-force-dies.html?_r=0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,055 Posted June 18, 2015 Nelson Doubleday Jr., American publisher and once owner of the New York Mets, 81, pneumonia. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/18/business/nelson-doubleday-publisher-and-mets-buyer-dies-at-81.html?_r=0 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,055 Posted June 19, 2015 Ralph Roberts, Comcast founder, 95. http://www.cnbc.com/id/102773235 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,013 Posted June 20, 2015 William Claud “Bill” Hatcher, longtime leader in the automotive aftermarket as former president and COO of Genuine Parts Company (GPC) and former president and board chairman of the National Automotive Parts Association (NAPA), passed away on June 17. SC http://www.aftermarketsuppliers.org/Publications/Newsletters/Supplier-Essentials/June-19-2015/Bill-Hatcher.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,288 Posted June 21, 2015 Samsung CEO Lee Kun-Hee, is being treated at the same hospital where there has been a recent outbreak of the MERS virus. This blog states LK-H has contracted the disease and boldly predicts/wildly speculates that he will be dead within 3 weeks. https://samsung64.wordpress.com/2015/06/20/8888/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,013 Posted June 22, 2015 Samsung CEO Lee Kun-Hee, is being treated at the same hospital where there has been a recent outbreak of the MERS virus. This blog states LK-H has contracted the disease and boldly predicts/wildly speculates that he will be dead within 3 weeks. https://samsung64.wordpress.com/2015/06/20/8888/ I no more believe that frail SOB has MERS than I do. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted June 22, 2015 Samsung CEO Lee Kun-Hee, is being treated at the same hospital where there has been a recent outbreak of the MERS virus. This blog states LK-H has contracted the disease and boldly predicts/wildly speculates that he will be dead within 3 weeks. https://samsung64.wordpress.com/2015/06/20/8888/ That would be a bit ironic, considering that he was (if we believe the official story) recovering from a severe heart attack for months, only to succumb to a virus shortly after they had stabilized his condition. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted June 23, 2015 Daniel Villanueva, founder of Univision, the big US media empire with a focus on hispanic audiences, has died at 77 after a stroke: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/business/daniel-villanueva-creator-of-univision-dies-at-77.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,013 Posted June 23, 2015 Daniel Villanueva, founder of Univision, the big US media empire with a focus on hispanic audiences, has died at 77 after a stroke: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/business/daniel-villanueva-creator-of-univision-dies-at-77.html Second Dan Villanueva posted in five days!!!http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5907&p=229644 SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,055 Posted June 23, 2015 Robin Reid, former managing director of Croft who promoted the Port industry, 89. http://www.decanter.com/wine-news/port-veteran-robin-reid-dies-264119/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,013 Posted June 23, 2015 Daniel Villanueva, founder of Univision, the big US media empire with a focus on hispanic audiences, has died at 77 after a stroke: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/business/daniel-villanueva-creator-of-univision-dies-at-77.html Second Dan Villanueva posted in five days!!!http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5907&p=229644SC Oh goddamit CMON people!!! This has NEVER happened in DL history I'm certain of it! Celebrate!! We had two people with the same name!! Inside a week :-) SirC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,055 Posted June 24, 2015 Daniel Villanueva, founder of Univision, the big US media empire with a focus on hispanic audiences, has died at 77 after a stroke: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/business/daniel-villanueva-creator-of-univision-dies-at-77.html Second Dan Villanueva posted in five days!!!http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5907&p=229644SC Oh goddamit CMON people!!! This has NEVER happened in DL history I'm certain of it! Celebrate!! We had two people with the same name!! Inside a week :-) SirC It's the same guy, I believe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted June 24, 2015 Daniel Villanueva, founder of Univision, the big US media empire with a focus on hispanic audiences, has died at 77 after a stroke: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/business/daniel-villanueva-creator-of-univision-dies-at-77.html Second Dan Villanueva posted in five days!!!http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5907&p=229644SC Oh goddamit CMON people!!! This has NEVER happened in DL history I'm certain of it! Celebrate!! We had two people with the same name!! Inside a week :-) SirC It's the same guy, I believe. Yes, that's true. And interesting. I probably didn't find the first Daniel Villanueva because the first post had him as a Danny. But yes, the guy who was a somewhat successful football player then became a media mogul of sorts. Whereas my NYT obit focuses on his role as the latter, the football obits focus on the former. It's like that person had two lives. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,469 Posted June 24, 2015 Daniel Villanueva, founder of Univision, the big US media empire with a focus on hispanic audiences, has died at 77 after a stroke: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/business/daniel-villanueva-creator-of-univision-dies-at-77.html Second Dan Villanueva posted in five days!!!http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5907&p=229644SC Oh goddamit CMON people!!! This has NEVER happened in DL history I'm certain of it! Celebrate!! We had two people with the same name!! Inside a week :-) SirC It's the same guy, and wait a minute you're saying we should celebrate when you got all offended when someone else said that it was cool because they predicted that someone else was going to die? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,055 Posted June 25, 2015 Alejandro Saul, better known as Alejandro Romay, Argentinian CEO of Channel 9, known there as the Czar of Television, 88. https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diarioveloz.com%2Fnotas%2F145814-murio-alejandro-romay-el-zar-la-television&edit-text= Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,055 Posted June 29, 2015 Ian Allan, publisher of specialist transport magazines and books, former head of Ian Allan Publishing, 93. http://www.railmagazine.com/news/2015/06/29/ian-allan-dies-at-the-age-of-93 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted July 1, 2015 Ian Allan, publisher of specialist transport magazines and books, former head of Ian Allan Publishing, 93. http://www.railmagazine.com/news/2015/06/29/ian-allan-dies-at-the-age-of-93 The always lovely Telegraph obit mentions that he basically invented the pastime known as trainspotting: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11708536/Ian-Allan-trainspotter-obituary.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,234 Posted July 6, 2015 Chairman of Goldman Sachs Australia, also a philantropist and health care advocate Alastair Lucas is dead at 63: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/alastair-lucas-of-goldman-sachs-australia-has-died-2015-7 He was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour late last year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guylevesque 18 Posted July 10, 2015 Ed Hardy founder Christian Audigier, 56, has cancer: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3029279/Ed-Hardy-founder-Christian-Audigier-stands-inspirational-message-revealing-battle-cancer.html It seems like the treatment is going fine though. Dead 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
