Today the sad news of the death of Paul Allen. Allen was 65 years old and for some time he had been battling non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a kind of cancer that ultimately caused his death.
In this case Allen along with his colleague Bill Gates founded the company in 1975 and the news of his death is raising the support of the entire sector, even the CEO of Apple himself has had a few words on his official Twitter account to fire the co-founder of Microsoft.
The official tweet of his death came directly from Paul Allen's account a few hours ago:
- Paul Allen (@PaulGAllen) 15th October 2018
The entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist explained in the media that the fight he managed to win in 2009 against the disease had to be repeated again. Eventually the disease got the better of him and he died in Seattle, Washington. Apple CEO Tim Cook, Among others, they have had their words of support recalling the work done by Allen:
Our industry has lost a pioneer and our world has lost a force for good. We send our deepest condolences to Paul's friends, the Allen family and everyone at Microsoft.
- Tim Cook (@tim_cook) 15th October 2018
Satia Nadella, Steve Ballmer, Sundar Pichai or Adam Silver himself, of the NBA, has praised Allen's passage through this world and his work throughout his life.
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