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British couple suffocate in superyacht disaster off Sicily
A bank executive and his wife, who perished when a superyacht sank off Sicily, died from suffocation in an air bubble as oxygen ran out, Italian media reported. Jonathan Bloomer and his wife Judy were among seven fatalities when the Bayesian superyacht sank last month. They were on the voyage with British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, celebrating his acquittal on…
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British tech mogul Mike Lynch dies in superyacht disaster off Sicily
The body of British tech mogul Mike Lynch, aged 59, was discovered off the coast of Sicily on Thursday, following the wreck of a superyacht deemed “unsinkable” by its builders. One woman remains missing and unidentified, although Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, is reported to be unaccounted for. The family was celebrating Lynch’s recent acquittal on fraud charges with his legal…
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British mother survives Sicily yacht sinking, baby held above waves
An Italian doctor reported that the British mother, who held her baby daughter above the waves as their yacht sank near Sicily, was sleeping on deck when the storm hit. Charlotte Golunski was one of 22 people aboard the Bayesian when a tornado struck on Monday morning. One person died, and six remain missing. Golunski, 35, survived along with 14…
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Autonomy fraud co-defendant dies in crash before Mike Lynch went missing
Mike Lynch’s co-defendant in a recent US fraud trial passed away following a road accident a few days before Mr Lynch went missing. Stephen Chamberlain, the former vice president of Autonomy, was struck by a car while running in Cambridgeshire on Saturday morning, according to his lawyer. Chamberlain faced identical fraud and conspiracy charges as Lynch. They were both accused…
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Tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch missing after yacht sinks off Sicily
Tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, one of six missing after a yacht sank off Sicily, had been attempting to recover from a Silicon Valley controversy that marred his legacy as a British innovator. Lynch, 59, achieved success by selling Autonomy, a software company he founded in 1996, to Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion in 2011. However, the deal became problematic when he…
