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Leadership‘Babar, c’est moi’: Laurent de Brunhoff, Parisian turned Floridian who sold millions of children’s books, dies at 98
By Hillel Italie and The Associated PressMarch 25, 2024
SuccessLinda Bean, catalogue heiress turned lobster booster and environmentalist turned Trump supporter, dies at 82
By Gene Johnson and The Associated PressMarch 25, 2024
SuccessSelf-made billionaire who became China’s richest man by winning a corporate war with France’s Danone dies at 79
By BloombergFebruary 26, 2024
LeadershipLord Jacob Rothschild, the banker who broke from Europe’s biggest banking dynasty to build his own financial empire in London, dies at 87
By Tom Metcalf and BloombergFebruary 26, 2024
SuccessAbilio Diniz, Brazilian billionaire who survived a kidnapping and the loss of his retail empire before a Francophile reinvention, dies at 87
By Fabiola Moura, Daniel Cancel, Maria Eloisa Capurro and BloombergFebruary 19, 2024
TechFormer YouTube CEO’s son found dead in UC Berkeley dorm, leaving prominent Silicon Valley family ‘devastated beyond comprehension’
By Steve MollmanFebruary 18, 2024
SuccessFrom a 16-year-old truck washer to the inventor of the Pop Tart: William Post dies at 96, leaving great wealth and a legacy of snack innovation behind
By Sydney Lake and Sasha RogelbergFebruary 15, 2024
SuccessFormer gas station owner and JCPenney manager who became a millionaire after 50 dies at 94, leaving his company to employees
By Sasha RogelbergFebruary 14, 2024
SuccessJimmy Van Eaton, pioneering rock ‘n’ roll drummer who spent 4 decades selling bonds after backing Jerry Lee Lewis, dies at 86
By The Associated PressFebruary 11, 2024
SuccessToby Keith, swaggering country star whose macho, patriotic songs disguised nuanced politics, dies of stomach cancer at 62
By Kristin M. Hall and The Associated PressFebruary 6, 2024
SuccessWee Cho Yaw, billionaire was one of the last of Singapore’s 20th century banking giants, dies at 95
By Chanyaporn Chanjaroen, Low De Wei and BloombergFebruary 4, 2024
SuccessN. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer winner and giant of Native American literature, dies at Santa Fe home at 89 years old
By Hillel Italie and The Associated PressJanuary 31, 2024
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