Posted on 07/29/2004 5:56:09 PM PDT by Indy Pendance
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Susan T. Buffett, the wife of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, died Thursday of a stroke at age 72, the company said.
Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and a hugely influential investor, was with his wife when she died in Cody, Wyo., where they were visiting friends, the company said. She had been admitted to West Park Hospital in Cody the night before, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Susan Buffett, a Berkshire director, was listed this year by Forbes magazine as the 60th richest American, with a personal net worth of $3.1 billion.
Though the Buffetts had lived separately for many years, she had also stood to inherit her husband's fortune. Warren Buffett, second only to Bill Gates on the Forbes world wealth list, had said his Berkshire stock, valued at about $42.9 billion, would go to his wife upon his death and then to the Buffett Foundation.
The foundation's secretary, Allen Greenberg, said Susan Buffett's legacy will be her work as a champion of civil rights, reproductive health and AIDS awareness.
"She will be remembered by all who knew her as a quiet humanitarian whose voice spoke for disadvantaged women around the world," he said in a statement.
Gates called her "a great woman who was a significant source of strength for everyone who knew her."
She had been treated last fall for mouth cancer, and doctors had said she was doing well following the surgery and radiation therapy.
It was announced last week that the couple donated $6 million to five California medical specialists who coordinated her treatment.
Buffett and his wife married in 1952. After they separated, she spent much of her time in San Francisco, but they often traveled and spent time together. The Buffetts had three children.
Warren Buffett took $100 from his own pocket in 1956 and turned it into a multibillion-dollar company. He built his empire on a simple business philosophy of investing in brand-name companies that he understands, including Dairy Queen and Coca-Cola Co.
...champion of civil rights
Cool...
, reproductive health
Cool (if that doesn't include baby killing)
and AIDS awareness.
Cool (if that means teaching people to stop sticking things (needles, penises, etc.) where they don't belong.
I'll take it if she can't.
I wonder if right now she's explaining to God her "noble" cause of global population control. I'll bet she's a pro-lifer now.
Well darn, she was next on Kerry's list of people to marry.
Wonder how she attempted to defend her staunch support of Planned Parenthood during her particular judgment.
That's kind of young. Well, 72 isn't real young. It is interesting what people who can do anything they want actually do.
It's just a straight shot right on out of the Universe!
Does she have to face all those dead babies before Judgement or after?
He's good at telling the rest of us that we should be taxed and we should like it...we are waiting to see how much he will contribute from his wealth (or his wife's) to decrease the national debt.
Lets just take them on while they are alive, eh?
Did you see her hearse towing a U-Haul?
It would have had to have been bigger than a U Haul. More like a couple shipping containers.
The Buffett Empire is built on marketing fat, sugar, and abortion.
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