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American Express President Dies Suddenly On Flight From Japan To New York
CBS New York ^ | 5/29/15 | CBSNewYork

Posted on 05/29/2015 4:38:43 PM PDT by Nachum

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) –– Ed Gilligan, the president of American Express, has died.

He was 55 years old.

Gilligan died after becoming ill on a flight from Japan to New York.

Gilligan was named the company’s president two years ago and joined American Express in 1980 while still a student at New York University, according to the Wall Street Journal.

He was widely considered a possible successor to CEO Ken Chenault, WSJ reported.

Chenault made the announcement via a letter to Amex employees Friday:

With the heaviest of hearts, I must share some devastating news. Ed Gilligan – President of our company and friend and inspiration to many inside and outside American Express – became seriously ill on a flight home to New York this morning and has passed away.

This is deeply painful and frankly unimaginable for all of us who had the great fortune to work with Ed, and benefit from his insights, leadership and enthusiasm. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife, Lisa, and their four children – Katie, Meaghan, Kevin and Shane. He was a proud husband and father, and his love for his family was evident in all that he did.

(Excerpt) Read more at newyork.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: american; amexexecutive; amexpresident; bankingsuicides; deadbankers; deadbankerslist; dies; express; president
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Dead Bankers update.
1 posted on 05/29/2015 4:38:43 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Strange.


2 posted on 05/29/2015 4:39:14 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham

Never eat the fish .....


3 posted on 05/29/2015 4:40:09 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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"Dead Bankers File, Obama Dead Pool"

4 posted on 05/29/2015 4:40:13 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Nachum

Somebody targeted him.


5 posted on 05/29/2015 4:40:57 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

did he have all the IOU accounts in his pocket?

Just saying, there will be another statement in a week or so...


6 posted on 05/29/2015 4:42:47 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (It is not heaven, it is Iowa. Everyone gets a "Corn Check")
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To: Nachum

File is really growing, thanks


7 posted on 05/29/2015 4:44:32 PM PDT by easternsky
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To: Nachum

Hillary, please pick up the white courtesy phone.


8 posted on 05/29/2015 4:45:44 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: Squantos

No kidding.


9 posted on 05/29/2015 4:46:07 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Nachum

Per ABC’s Brian Ross, a Tea Party extremist is responsible...


10 posted on 05/29/2015 4:46:42 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Nachum

sure he wasn’t in coach or even on one of these sub human air carriers..why was his crew not more pro active.I am sure he just didn’t up and die..more to this one fer sure


11 posted on 05/29/2015 4:47:02 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Nachum

What is the purported reason for all the dead bankers?


12 posted on 05/29/2015 4:47:38 PM PDT by The Right Stuff
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They know what’s about to happen this fall, and they know who is responsible. When the investigations begin, they don’t want anybody who knows to be in the position to snitch.


13 posted on 05/29/2015 4:49:51 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: The Right Stuff

I think it’s because they know too much.

BTW: I just heard of this on Tom Woods’s podcast:

http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/

Just in case you harbored any doubts that we are in a depression, and it’s getting deeper.


14 posted on 05/29/2015 4:50:59 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: Nachum

He probably should never have left home......


15 posted on 05/29/2015 4:51:06 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: Secret Agent Man

Could be a heart aneurism. A lot of people go this way which are reported as merely as “heart attacks”. The pressurization of the cabin could be contributory too. Good medical care, followed closely, might have prevented it.

However, the cause is merely speculation on my part. But the odds are better, IMHO, than his being taken out.


16 posted on 05/29/2015 4:52:27 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: Squantos

He had the Fugu,,,?


17 posted on 05/29/2015 4:52:44 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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What is the purported reason for all the dead bankers?

Dude, you have a lot of reading to catch-up on.

18 posted on 05/29/2015 4:54:04 PM PDT by PROCON (CRUZing into 2016 with Ted.)
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Gilligan died after becoming ill on a flight from Japan to New York.

That's as far as I got ... the Hellywood imagery posed a neat conspiracy

19 posted on 05/29/2015 4:55:30 PM PDT by knarf
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To: CGASMIA68

It was a corporate jet so bad food is probably out as a cause. The Japanese articles I have seen mention complaints of illness on the flight and an attempted emergency landing that was ultimately unsuccessful. RIP.


20 posted on 05/29/2015 4:57:17 PM PDT by erlayman
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