Bangkok Bank chairman Chatri Sophonpanich passes away at 85

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Chatri Sophonpanich passes away at 85

By The Nation

 

 

Bangkok Bank chairman Chatri Sophonpanich has died of natural causes, his family has announced. He was 85.
 

The family said Chatri had been pronounced dead at Bumrungrad Hospital at 8pm on Sunday.

 

Funeral services will be held at the Holy Redeemer Church on Soi Ruam Rudee in Bangkok at 7pm every day from Monday to July 1, in accordance with Catholic tradition. The burial will be on July 2.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30348532

 

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[Lupatria]

I like these illumining information that a guy died surprisingly at the age of 85.

[HooHaa]

3 minutes ago, Lupatria said:

I like these illumining information that a guy died surprisingly at the age of 85.

where does it say that? 

all i can see is that he died at 85 of natural causes, and given his family ir rated by forbes at 1.35 billion USD, his seems rather newsworthy to me

[Dario]

Chatri Sophonpanich is a legend in Thailand. An example of success in Thai society.

[dddave]

1 minute ago, Dario said:

Chatri Sophonpanich is a legend in Thailand. An example of success in Thai society.

The fact he was not  implicated in the monumental banking conspiracy that led to the '97 crash says a lot.