AmEx President dies on Corporate Airplane

[Foreigner]

Untimely death of Ed Gilligan, 55:

American Express president suddenly dies on corporate plane | US news | The Guardian

 

[cove]

Some of the readers comments were incredibly tasteless. I think there are many out in the community who do not have a clue about the loss of a family member.

 

[anat0l]

Some of the readers comments were incredibly tasteless. I think there are many out in the community who do not have a clue about the loss of a family member.

Sure they do. It's just not their family member, so there.

Most don't usually comment or ridicule the deaths of company heads. The remote ones that do probably troll all deaths on the news. Politicians' deaths are more common targets as such.

 

[Foreigner]

Some of the readers comments were incredibly tasteless. I think there are many out in the community who do not have a clue about the loss of a family member.

Looks like those comments have been removed. Tasteless, as you say.

Apparently, Ed was flying from Tokyo.

Two other articles reflect conundrum facing AmEx:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/american-express-ed-president-gilligan-dies-1432925490

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ligan-dies-at-55-after-becoming-ill-on-flight