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Billionaire financier Thomas H. Lee found dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound in NYC office: sources
New York Post ^ | February 23, 2023 6:42pm Updated | Joe Marino, Tina Moore and Steven Vago

Posted on 02/23/2023 7:22:27 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Billionaire financier and investor Thomas H. Lee was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his Manhattan office on Thursday morning, police sources said.

Cops responded to a 911 call at 767 Fifth Avenue — where Thomas H. Lee Capital, LLC is located on the sixth floor — at around 11:10 a.m., the sources said.

EMTs pronounced the 78-year-old businessman dead at the scene.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the official cause of death.

“The family is extremely saddened by Tom’s death. While the world knew him as one of the pioneers in the private equity business and a successful businessman, we knew him as a devoted husband, father, grandfather, sibling, friend and philanthropist who always put others’ needs before his own,” Lee family friend and spokesperson Michael Sitrick said in a statement.

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1 posted on 02/23/2023 7:22:27 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Safe and effective.


2 posted on 02/23/2023 7:23:37 PM PST by DoodleBob ( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Friend of the Clintons


3 posted on 02/23/2023 7:27:55 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Did he get the suicide shot and the booster?


4 posted on 02/23/2023 7:32:50 PM PST by bray (Order at TheRepublicofTexas.store)
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To: bray

Mostly peaceful booster


5 posted on 02/23/2023 7:34:09 PM PST by Blue Highway
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To: NWFree
Friend of the Clintons

Another friend of the Clinton’s????

6 posted on 02/23/2023 7:34:31 PM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: NWFree

Billionaire financier, 78, is found dead inside Fifth Avenue office: Investor - who was friends with Clintons - died from self-inflicted gunshot wound - as family say ‘our hearts are broken’
Daily Mail ^
Posted on 2/23/2023, 7:55:20 PM by algore

A billionaire financier and investor was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his office in New York City.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4133424/posts?page=41


7 posted on 02/23/2023 7:37:00 PM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=50%>)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Was he heavily invested in Pfizer?

Or a certain rail company?

Hoping so. This may be a sign that actually might be in trouble.


8 posted on 02/23/2023 7:39:49 PM PST by CheshireTheCat ("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
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To: NWFree

Rule 39. There’s no such thing as coincidence.


9 posted on 02/23/2023 7:43:22 PM PST by xkaydet65
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Depression, impending monetary doom or dire medical diagnoses.

At 78, I’m guessing it’s the 3rd.


10 posted on 02/23/2023 8:00:57 PM PST by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Guns are illegal in NYC...............just sayin.......


11 posted on 02/23/2023 8:19:00 PM PST by heshtesh
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To: bitt

Billionaire financier Thomas H. Lee found dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound in NYC office: sources
New York Post ^ | February 23, 2023 6:42pm
Posted on 2/23/2023, 7:22:27 PM by E. Pluribus Unum

not only are there strange suicides, but extremely Con-’CERN’-ing
time slips


12 posted on 02/23/2023 9:00:06 PM PST by algore
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Simon and Garfunkel song “Richard Cory” comes to mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vNSWoSWSog&ab_channel=BigChuckLyricVideo


13 posted on 02/23/2023 9:10:50 PM PST by OrangeHoof (No food in the stores; fuel prices too high? Thank a liberal.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Even if he was terminally ill, and think this kind of death is ok (I do not), isn’t there a more peaceful way to go, with your family present, if you must?


14 posted on 02/23/2023 10:31:31 PM PST by montag813
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sure he committed suicide.


15 posted on 02/23/2023 10:33:57 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: metmom

It would depend on how many times he shot himself in the back of the head, wouldn’t it?


16 posted on 02/23/2023 10:37:48 PM PST by Ratman0823 ("I reject your reality and substitute my own" - Adam Savage, Mythbusters)
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17 posted on 02/23/2023 11:29:32 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Of course he was.


18 posted on 02/24/2023 1:43:11 AM PST by .44 Special (Taimid Buacharch)
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To: Valpal1
At 78, I’m guessing it’s the 3rd

As soon as I saw his age, I expected the same. In a few weeks weeks, maybe we'll know the facts.

19 posted on 02/24/2023 3:05:36 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Mark17
Was it two self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the back of the head? Did he fall to the ground with the weapon neatly cradled in his shooting hand?
20 posted on 02/24/2023 3:06:09 AM PST by ClarityGuy
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