Apparently dead by suicide at 78 years old.
I was surprised there was no mention of it here.

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Sanford
Strangely enough, it means
the way across the river.

Sanford <ansaman@gmail.com> wrote:

>Apparently dead by suicide at 78 years old.
>I was surprised there was no mention of it here.

Thank you very much for providing full details in an interesting
article, telling us why he's a billionaire and what he made money in, so
that it's likely to start a thread that's worth reading.

On 2/24/2023 12:52 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> Sanford <ansaman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Apparently dead by suicide at 78 years old.
>> I was surprised there was no mention of it here.
>
> Thank you very much for providing full details in an interesting
> article, telling us why he's a billionaire and what he made money in, so
> that it's likely to start a thread that's worth reading.

Thanks for asking everyone to do your work for you.
Google is your friend.

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Sanford
Strangely enough, it means
the way across the river.

In article <ttb185$29fu7$4@dont-email.me>, Sanford <ansaman@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 2/24/2023 12:52 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>> Sanford <ansaman@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Apparently dead by suicide at 78 years old.
>>> I was surprised there was no mention of it here.
>>
>> Thank you very much for providing full details in an interesting
>> article, telling us why he's a billionaire and what he made money in, so
>> that it's likely to start a thread that's worth reading.
>
>Thanks for asking everyone to do your work for you.
>Google is your friend.

Thank you for being a jerk.

If you don't want to play the game, just sit quietly on the sidelines.

As will I, since I have no interest in billionaires at all.
We can sit on the sidelines together.

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https://nypost.com/2023/02/23/billionaire-financier-thomas-h-lee-found-dead-of-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound-in-nyc-office-sources/

Billionaire financier Thomas H. Lee found dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound in NYC office: sources

By Joe Marino, Tina Moore and Steven Vago

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

Cops responded to a 911 call at 767 Fifth Ave. — where Thomas H. Lee Capital LLC is located on the sixth floor — 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.

“Our hearts are broken. We ask that our privacy be respected and that we be allowed to grieve.”

A front desk worker at Lee’s office building was told there was an “emergency” on the sixth floor, but was unaware of Lee’s death.

“They don’t want anyone going to that space right now, not even the building staff,” the man said.

Lee is credited with being one of the first financiers to purchase companies with money borrowed against the business being bought — what is now called a leveraged buyout.

The Harvard graduate founded Thomas H. Lee Partners L.P. in 1974, serving as the chairman and CEO of the company and its predecessors.

In 1992, the private equity pioneer bought Snapple and sold it two years later for $1.7 billion, making 32 times his money.

But not everything always went according to plan.

n 1999, Lee led a deal for what was renamed Vertis Communications, the fifth-largest North American printer. By 2006, when many peers had expanded to offer other services, such as marketing, it dropped to ninth since it did not have the money to do the same. Vertis filed for bankruptcy in 2008.

Lee and his longtime partners split in 2005, with Thomas H. Lee Partners being run by Scott Sperling, and Lee left to form Lee Equity Partners in 2006, where he served as chairman until his death Thursday.

At the time of his death, Lee’s net worth was estimated at $2 billion, according to Forbes.

Lee was a known philanthropist, particularly for the arts and education. He sat as a trustee for several Big Apple art organizations, including the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

“I’ve been lucky to make some money. I’m more than happy to give some of it back,” Lee said in 1996 after donating $22 million to his alma mater, Harvard University, one of the school’s largest gifts ever from a living alumnus.

For his lifetime of philanthropy, he received the UJA-Federation’s award — named after Jack Nash, a financier who helped create the modern hedge fund business — in 2014.

Lee leaves behind his wife of 27 years, Ann Tennenbaum. He is survived by his children Jesse, Zach, Nathan, Robbie and Rosalie, as well as two grandchildren.

A woman who answered the phone at Lee Equity Partners declined to comment Thursday afternoon.

On Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:56:05 -0500, Sanford <ansaman@gmail.com> wrote:

>Strangely enough, it means
>the way across the river.

It sounds to me like "the river can't be crossed here."

David Carson <davo@neosoft.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:56:05 -0500, Sanford <ansaman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Strangely enough, it means
>>the way across the river.
>
> It sounds to me like "the river can't be crossed here."
>
>

Wouldn't that be sans-ford?

(I can see its being a worn down form of sand-ford,
but since a "ford" is a way across a river by itself,
that would only mean a particular KIND of way across).

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Kenny McCormack <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> wrote:
> In article <ttb185$29fu7$4@dont-email.me>, Sanford <ansaman@gmail.com> wrote:
>>On 2/24/2023 12:52 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>> Sanford <ansaman@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Apparently dead by suicide at 78 years old.
>>>> I was surprised there was no mention of it here.
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for providing full details in an interesting
>>> article, telling us why he's a billionaire and what he made money in, so
>>> that it's likely to start a thread that's worth reading.
>>
>>Thanks for asking everyone to do your work for you.
>>Google is your friend.
>
> Thank you for being a jerk.
>
> If you don't want to play the game, just sit quietly on the sidelines.
>
> As will I, since I have no interest in billionaires at all.
> We can sit on the sidelines together.
>

Then you could have not posted.

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On Sat, 25 Feb 2023 01:36:07 -0000 (UTC), Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws>
wrote:

>David Carson <davo@neosoft.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:56:05 -0500, Sanford <ansaman@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Strangely enough, it means
>>>the way across the river.
>>
>> It sounds to me like "the river can't be crossed here."
>>
>>
>
>Wouldn't that be sans-ford?
>
>(I can see its being a worn down form of sand-ford,

You can see sand-ford wearing down, but not sans-ford?

David Carson <davo@neosoft.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Feb 2023 01:36:07 -0000 (UTC), Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws>
> wrote:
>
>>David Carson <davo@neosoft.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:56:05 -0500, Sanford <ansaman@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Strangely enough, it means
>>>>the way across the river.
>>>
>>> It sounds to me like "the river can't be crossed here."
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Wouldn't that be sans-ford?
>>
>>(I can see its being a worn down form of sand-ford,
>
> You can see sand-ford wearing down, but not sans-ford?
>

All the etymological cites I see side with sand.

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