Accidents & deaths

Rogers, Billionaire and Communications Pioneer, Dies

Filed under Accidents & deaths, Ted Rogers
December 2, 2008 11:06 pm

 Ted Rogers Jr., the Canadian who turned a Toronto radio station into an eponymous communications empire worth billions, died this morning. He was 75.He died just after midnight of heart ... Read more »

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‘A Great Canadian’: Tributes Pour In For Self-Made Billionaire Ted Rogers

Filed under Accidents & deaths, Ted Rogers
11:04 pm

 great Canadian.”"A lifelong friend.” “A media giant.” Those are just a few of the tributes being paid to Ted Rogers following his passing Tuesday at the age of 75. The ... Read more »

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Brewing Magnate Schoerghuber Dies at 47

Filed under Accidents & deaths, Stefan Schoerghuber
November 25, 2008 9:39 pm

 Stefan Schoerghuber, owner and chief executive officer of Munich-based Schoerghuber Corporate Group, died yesterday. He was 47.“Schoerghuber passed away unexpectedly” on the night of Nov. 24 in his home in ... Read more »

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Body of ‘Nazi slave’ billionaire stolen from Austrian cemetery in ‘extortion attempt’

Filed under Accidents & deaths, Friedrich Karl Flick
November 20, 2008 9:48 pm

  The remains of a billionaire whose family fortune was built on Nazi slave labour have been stolen from an Austrian graveyard. Industrialist Friedrich Karl Flick, who lived in fear ... Read more »

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Y. C. Wang, Billionaire Who Led Formosa Plastics, Is Dead at 91

Filed under Accidents & deaths, Y. C. Wang - Formosa Plastics Group
October 17, 2008 7:11 pm

 Wang Yung-ching, who built his Formosa Plastics Group into Taiwan’s biggest and most profitable manufacturing conglomerate, died Wednesday in New Jersey while on a business trip. He was 91.His death ... Read more »

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Klaus Jacobs, Candy and Staffing Magnate, Dies at 71

Filed under Accidents & deaths, Klaus J. Jacobs
September 13, 2008 12:11 pm

Klaus J. Jacobs, the German-born billionaire who built the world’s leading chocolate and temporary staffing companies, died Thursday at his home in Küsnacht, near Zurich. He was 71.The cause was ... Read more »

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Robert Vesco

Filed under Accidents & deaths, ex-billionaires, Robert Vesco
June 6, 2008 6:45 pm

How much Robert Vesco stole no one knew for certain. America’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was after him for more than $224m, or more than $1 billion in today’s ... Read more »

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German billionaire Joachim Herz, part-owner of Tchibo, dies in accident

Filed under Accidents & deaths, Joachim Herz - Tchibo
June 5, 2008 6:33 pm

Joachim Herz, one of the owners of German retailer Tchibo and one of the world’s 500 richest people, has died. He was 66.Herz died on Saturday as a result of ... Read more »

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Potato and computer chip king, dead at 99

Filed under Accidents & deaths, John Simplot
May 26, 2008 4:12 pm

Billionaire J.R. Simplot, the spud king of America whose wealth also helped create one of the world’s biggest computer chipmakers, died Sunday at his Boise home. He was 99. Ada ... Read more »

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SEINFELD’S CAR FLIPS

Filed under Accidents & deaths, Jerry Seinfeld
April 3, 2008 8:53 pm

Funnyman Jerry Seinfeld cheated death in the Hamptons when the brakes on his vintage Fiat failed and the car flipped over, police said yesterday. Miraculously, the comic walked away “without ... Read more »

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Roland Arnall aged 68 dies

Filed under Accidents & deaths, Roland Arnall
March 18, 2008 12:57 pm

Billionaire Roland E. Arnall, whose widespread philanthropy and extraordinary political friendships stood in contrast to repeated investigations into alleged lending abuses at his giant subprime company, Ameriquest Mortgage Co., died ... Read more »

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‘King of Soho’ Paul Raymond dies aged 82

Filed under Accidents & deaths, Paul Raymond
March 3, 2008 7:22 pm

  Paul Raymond, the porn baron and property magnate who was the self-styled king of Soho, died yesterday at the age of 82, it was announced today. A self-confessed spiv who ... Read more »

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Hundreds file past Georgian billionaire’s coffin

Filed under Accidents & deaths, Badri Patarkatsishvili - Imedi
February 26, 2008 6:42 pm

Hundreds of Georgians filed past the flower-strewn coffin of flamboyant billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili on Tuesday at his eccentric Soviet-era residence overlooking the capital Tbilisi. His residence is a bizarre Soviet ... Read more »

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Family to split tycoon’s estate

Filed under Accidents & deaths, Badri Patarkatsishvili - Imedi
10:50 am

The estate of Georgian billionaire Badri Patarkatsishvili will be split in half between his wife and other family members, a spokesman has said. “Despite the ongoing investigation into the ... Read more »

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Georgian billionaire had severe heart disease, inquest told

Filed under Accidents & deaths, Badri Patarkatsishvili - Imedi
February 15, 2008 8:49 pm

The Georgian billionaire who collapsed and died at his Surrey mansion on Tuesday was suffering from severe heart disease, an inquest heard today. A coroner was told the health of ... Read more »

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Natural causes killed murder-fear tycoon

Filed under Accidents & deaths, Badri Patarkatsishvili - Imedi
February 14, 2008 2:37 pm

 Surrey Police spokeswoman said the interim results of a post-mortem examination carried out last night showed he died of natural causes. The spokeswoman said: “Following initial inquiries and the post ... Read more »

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U.K. to Perform Toxicology Tests on Patarkatsishvili

Filed under Accidents & deaths, Badri Patarkatsishvili - Imedi
1:55 pm

U.K. authorities will carry out toxicology tests on the body of Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili after an initial postmortem suggested he died from natural causes.“At this stage there is no ... Read more »

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Mystery London death of Putin’s billionaire enemy who feared he was about to be murdered

Filed under Accidents & deaths, Badri Patarkatsishvili - Imedi
February 13, 2008 12:30 pm

 Surrey police are investigating and are currently treating his death as suspicious.He is thought to have died of a suspected heart attack and a post mortem will be carried out ... Read more »

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Georgian billionaire found dead in London

Filed under Accidents & deaths, Badri Patarkatsishvili - Imedi
12:18 pm

  Georgian opposition billionaire businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili has died in his house outside London of a heart attack, his spokesman said Wednesday.  Patarkatsishvili, 52, died overnight, Guga Kvitaishvili said. Patarkatsishvili ... Read more »

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Suharto (orbituary from Economist)

Filed under Accidents & deaths, Suharto
February 1, 2008 3:03 pm

  IN THE summer of 1998, just after the fall of President Suharto, the United States Treasury detected some odd movements of large sums of money, allegedly $9 billion, to ... Read more »

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