Business Death

Full Name at Birth: Gary Stanley
Age: 83 (age of death)
Date of Birth: December 2, 1930
Place of Birth: Pottsville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Death: May 3, 2014

Death Summary: Gary Becker died at the age of 83 after a long illness. This illness wasn't specified in initial reports. He died in Chicago.

Who was Gary S. Becker : Gary S. Becker was an economist, a professor or economics and sociology at the University of Chicago as well as a professor at the Booth School of Business. He won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was one of the first economists to branch into racial discrimination, crime, family organization, and drug addiction.
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Full Name at Birth: Ralph Cookerly Wilson, Jr
Age: 95 (age at death)
Date of birth: October 17, 1918
Place of birth: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Date of death: March 25, 2014
Place of death: Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan

Death Summary: Ralph Wilson died of natural causes at the age of 95.

Who was Ralph Wilson : Ralph Wilson was the founder and owner of the NFL franchise the Buffalo Bills. His roots in American football run much deeper than that, however, as he was also one of the founding owners of the American Football League. The AFL and the NFL merged in 1970.

Full Name at Birth: William Clay Ford
Age: 88 (age at death)
Date of Birth: 14 March, 1925
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri
Date of Death: 9 March, 2014
Location of Death: Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan
Cause of Death: Natural Causes

Death Summary: William Clay Ford died of pneumonia at the age of 88.

Who was William Clay Ford, Sr. : William Clay Ford was the owner and chairman of the NFL's Detroit Lions, having purchased a controlling interest in the team in 1963. As the grandson of Henry Ford, Clay Ford served as a member of the Ford Motor Company's Board of Director until 2005.

Full Name at Birth: Richard Neil "Dick" Cabela
Age: 77 (age at death)
Date of Birth: 8 October 1936
Birthplace: Chappell, Nebraska, U.S.
Date of Death: 17 February 2014
Location of Death: Sidney, Nebraska, U.S.

Death Summary: Cabela died at his home.

Who was Richard Cabela : Richard Cabela, 77, was the co-founder of Cabela's outdoor sporting goods equipment. The business focused on hunting and fishing which led to an empire of stores and licensing deals. One of the more prominent uses of the Cabela's license has been the creation of an annual video game franchise based around deer hunting.

Full Name at Birth: Edgar Miles Bronfman
Age: 84 (age at death)
Date of Birth: 20 June, 1929
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date of Death: 21 December, 2013
Location of Death: Manhattan, New York, U.S.

Death Summary: Edgar Bronfman Sr. died of natural causes at the age of 84

Who was Edgar Bronfman Sr. : Edgar Bronfman Sr. was a Canadian-American businessman who served as the CEO of the Seagram Company from 1971 to 1994. He also served as the President of the World Jewish Congress from 1981 to 2007. Bronfman was known for being an outspoken advocate of Jewish causes.