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To: TEXOKIE

I don’t remember if you were keeping the Death/Suicide list but I came across this one earlier this morning.I appologize if you are not the “keeper”.

Zappos was acquired by Amazon.

https://www.geekwire.com/2020/tony-hsieh-former-ceo-zappos-sold-online-shoe-retailer-amazon-dies-46/

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tony Hsieh, the retired CEO of Las Vegas-based online shoe retailer Zappos.com who spent years working to transform the city’s downtown area, has died. He was 46.

Hsieh was with family when he died Friday, according to a statement from DTP Companies, which he founded. Downtown Partnership spokesperson Megan Fazio said Hsieh passed away in Connecticut, KLAS-TV reported.

Puoy Premsrirut, a lawyer for Hsieh, told news outlets that Hsieh had been injured in a house fire while visiting Connecticut. Additional details weren’t immediately released. An official cause of death wasn’t announced.


2,081 posted on 11/28/2020 8:10:06 AM PST by COUNTrecount ("I've always won, and I'm going to continue to win. And that's the way it is." -- Donald Trump)
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To: COUNTrecount

https://www.insider.com/tony-hsieh-connecticut-fire-death-2020-11


2,159 posted on 11/28/2020 11:17:24 AM PST by bitt (The left gave us 4 years of Pearl Harbor. Now its time to give them Hiroshima.)
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To: COUNTrecount
Zappos was acquired by Amazon.

Tony Hsieh sold his soul to the Devil. The Devil collected early.

2,181 posted on 11/28/2020 12:28:27 PM PST by AZLiberty (As of Monday, May 18, at 9:30 am, I'm a U.S. citizen. And I VOTED!)
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