Ken Lay has died (heart attack)

Reuters | 7/5/06

[ElRushbo]

cause of death unknown

[JFC]

I find DU a sick group of anti-americans who hate Bush more than they hate rattlesnakes, maybe they are rattlesnakes!!!

[laotzu]

We are just 2 minutes away from the conspiracy Bush did it theories on DU

Your post one minute after conspiracy theory of 'Arkancide' posted here at FreeRepublic.

That is funny.

[SaintDismas]

Yeah, they are probably pretty upset that they don't get to punish him

[deputac]

There was a great thread here revealing the dozens of links between Lay and BJ Clinton. Anyone have the link? Gonna need it over the next couple of days against the Bush Haters.

[jennyjenny]

He was only 64? Looked older than that to me.

[From One - Many]

WOW - this NK thingy must have sent him over the edge.
my attempt at humor - may he rest in peace.

[Badray]

Generally speaking, there is a two year waiting period for suicides. If the policy was in effect for longer than that, they will pay off.

[Jaded]

Wrong. The morons are all over that. Demanding DNA tests and such. They think he staged his own death and want an investigation. They have overloaded their server with their own stupidiousness. LOL.

[Jake The Goose]

Remember everyone - this man was also a father and a husband.

Very sad affair for everyone this touched - Enron employees, shareholders, family - and friends.

Very sad

[Cinnamon]

another victim of the Clintons?

[Lurking in Kansas]

And it's Tin Foil Hat time in DU right now.

Yeah, but is he really dead? I hear he is on some small Caribbean island.

/tinfoil hat

[KevinB]

He conducted his fraud to enrich himself at the cost of the financial futures of thousands of people. That's serious stuff and moral outrage is totally appropriate.

[mylife]

drudge says whatever the other media outlets are saying. drudge writes very few articles and depends upon the other media sources for his postings. Anything on drudge can usually be found at other sites.

True enough. But then thats my complaint about virtually all the news outfits. They all just seem to parrot AP reports

[Moonman62]

Sad for his family, sad for his many victims who now won't see the justice of Lay serving out his prison term, sad for a promising life wasted by blind greed and lack of conscience.

Yes, and what's also sad is that Enron didn't play any shell games that the federal government doesn't also play.

[DCPatriot]

Thumper says, "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all."

Ouiser Bordeaux said, "If you can't say something nice, come sit next to me".

[genxer]

The suicide or not question is pretty important. Life insurance generally won't pay for suicide Actually it depends on the age of the policy. Most say if the policy is in force for x years its covered. What it doesn't cover is this, buy a policy and kill yourself. If i remember correctly its 2 years in force for suicide to be covered.

[LA Woman3]

Ken Lay Dies Of Massive Heart Attack



HOUSTON -- Former Enron Corp. chairman and founder Ken Lay died of a massive heart attack Tuesday, KPRC Local 2 reported.

Lay, 64, was admitted to the Aspen Valley Hospital overnight with a massive coronary, sources told KPRC.

Doctors said his heart simply "gave out" and the death was unexpected.

Lay was found guilty on May 25 on six counts of conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud in a case born from one of the biggest business scandals in U.S. history.

The verdict put the blame for the 2001 demise of the high-profile energy trader, once the nation's seventh-largest company, squarely on its top two executives. It came in the sixth day of deliberations following a trial that lasted nearly four months.

In a separate, non-jury bank fraud trial, U.S. District Judge Sim Lake found Lay guilty of bank fraud and making false statements to banks related to his personal banking.

He was to be sentenced on Oct. 23. Lay's charges carried a maximum penalty of 45 years in prison for the corporate trial and 120 years in the personal banking trial.

Former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling, 52, was found guilty with Lay in the fraud trial. He was convicted of 19 of the 28 counts against him.

http://www.click2houston.com/news/9469552/detail.html

[deport]

July 5, 2006, 9:29AM
ENRON'S KEN LAY DIES: 'HIS HEART SIMPLY GAVE OUT'

Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle

Convicted Enron Corp. founder Ken Lay suffered a massive coronary Tuesday and died, according to Dr. Steve Wende, of First Methodist Houston. He was 64.

"He and his wife, Linda, were in Colorado for the week, and his death was totally unexpected. Apparently, his heart simply gave out.," he said in a memo to church staff.

Lay had been awaiting sentencing after being found guilty May 25, 2006, on all six counts that related to Enron fraud, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, perpetrating wire and bank fraud, and making false and misleading statements to employees at a company meeting, as well as to banks, securities analysts and corporate credit-rating agencies.

His sentencing had been set for Oct. 23.

The Lays owned property in Colorado, the only state outside the Southern District of Texas, which includes Houston, where he was allowed to go before that sentencing

[Salamander]

"Kenneth Lee Lay (April 15, 1942 - July 4, 2006)"

There's the saying that "Republicans think that every day is the 4th of July and Democrats think every day is April 15."

The DUmpsters could make a whole conspiracy out of his birth/death dates.