Jonathan Morris, leader of Morgan Lewis New York branch, has passed away at the age of 50
Jonathan Morris, partner and deputy practice leader at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, died Monday at age 50 after battling pancreatic cancer.
Morris, deputy head of the firm's global corporate and business transactions practice, has spent his entire career in Morgan Lewis' New York office.
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Rick Maki, 1983 Iditarod champion, has died at the age of 71
Rick Maki, the 1983 Iditarod Trail dogsled race champion, died Monday after a 19-month battle with cancer.
James Simons, quantum investing pioneer and philanthropist, has passed away at the age of 86
Billionaire investor James Simons, a Cold War-era mathematician and code breaker who founded one of the world's best-known and most profitable hedge funds, Renaissance Technologies, has died at age 86, his foundation said Friday. Simons' foundation did not give a cause of death. Sixty years ago, Simons - he preferred to be called Jim - changed course from teaching math and working in U.S. intelligence to investing.
Steve Albini, underground rock legend, has died at the age of 61
His band Shellac was preparing to release a new album next week.