Find what you love. And die doing it.

“Ken Thomson, the multi-billionaire chairman of Thompson Corp., and Canada’s richest man, died at his office in Toronto Monday morning. He was 82.”


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Terrible news, but I agree. I would take his deal for sure.

howard lindzon added these pithy words on Jun 14 06 at 8:16 pm

Terrible news, but I agree. I would take his deal for sure.

howard lindzon added these pithy words on Jun 15 06 at 12:16 am

Yes, very sad news. I knew he was wildly successful but until reading all of the articles about him recently I didn’t know just how great of a human being he was.

Fraser added these pithy words on Jun 15 06 at 4:10 am

Yes, very sad news. I knew he was wildly successful but until reading all of the articles about him recently I didn’t know just how great of a human being he was.

Fraser added these pithy words on Jun 15 06 at 8:10 am

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