 Rockefeller & Co. CEO Dies From Gunshot
Wound
- Catherine and News & Commentary, September 15, 2009
at 10:09 pm
- By Charles Stein
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- James McDonald, chief executive officer of New York investment
firm Rockefeller & Co., died Sunday, apparently from a self-inflicted
gunshot wound, according to the Bristol County district attorney's office
in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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- McDonald was found in a car behind an auto dealership
in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, said Gregg Miliote, a spokesman for the district
attorney's office. He appeared to have shot himself, though the matter
is still under investigation, Miliote said.
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 Financier Finn Casperson Dead
in "Apparent" Suicide
- Catherine and News & Commentary, September 15, 2009
at 9:09 pm
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- By Kim LaCapria
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- Ex-CEO of Beneficial Corp. Finn H.W. Casperson was found
dead in an apparent suicide behind an office building in Westerly, Rhode
Island.
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- Casperson, 67, was discovered dead of what appeared to
be a self-inflicted gunshot wound on September 7th, after police were asked
to "check on" him. Casperson came from a wealthy family and moved
with powerful people, and he was known for his political influence, fundraising
and philanthropy.
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 Blagojevich Fundraiser Found Dead
- Catherine and News & Commentary, September 15, 2009
at 8:09 pm
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- By Jesse Solomon and Justin Lear
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- Police are investigating the death of the former chief
fundraiser for ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich as a "death-suicide,"
an Illinois mayor said Sunday.
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- Financier Christopher Kelly told police shortly before
he died Saturday that he took an "overdose of drugs," said Dwight
Welch, mayor of Country Club Hills, Illinois.
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- Country Club Hills police found several drugs in Kelly's
black 2007 Cadillac Escalade, but they were not sure yet whether they were
prescribed, Welch said. Country Club Hills is about 27 miles south of Chicago.
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- Kelly had recently undergone surgery and was taking drugs
following the operation, Welch said. Welch said he did not know which drugs
Kelly was taking.
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- Kelly, 51, of Burr Ridge, Illinois, was pronounced dead
at Stroger hospital in Cook County at 10:46 a.m. Saturday, hospital spokesman
Marcel Bright told CNN.
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 Newport Beach Financier Danny Pang Dies
at 42
- Catherine and News & Commentary, September 15, 2009
at 6:09 pm
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- By Ruben Vives and Louis Sahagun
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- Newport Beach financier Danny Pang died early Saturday
at a local hospital, according to the Orange County coroner's office. The
cause of death has not been determined and an autopsy is planned for Sunday,
said Larry Esslinger, supervising deputy coroner.
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- Police officers were dispatched to Pang's home in the
2600 block of Crestview Drive about 3:30 p.m. Friday on a "medical
assistance call," said Sgt. Doug Jones of the Newport Beach Police
Department.
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- Pang was pronounced dead at Hoag Memorial Hospital at
5:12 a.m. Saturday, Esslinger said. He had no further details.
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- The 42-year-old Pang has been accused by the government
of operating a Ponzi scheme and of taking at least $83 million in inflated
fees, salary and loans from his investment firm before it was seized by
federal regulators in April. He had denied wrongdoing.
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