TID the 64-year-old co-founder of Fandango, an online movie ticketing company, died by suicide after jumping from the 20th floor of The Kimberly Hotel in midtown Manhattan. He left a note expressing pain and love for others.
Cline, a Cornell University graduate with an MBA from Harvard, founded Fandango in 2000, which became a major online movie ticket retailer with its recognizable orange "F" logo, and was later acquired by Comcast in 2007, along with other movie-related websites like Rotten Tomatoes.
Cline was a serial entrepreneur who co-founded Fandango and other startups. He was instrumental in negotiating relationships with major movie theater chains for Fandango.
At the time of his death, Cline was involved with various ventures, including a private equity firm, a venture fund, and serving as the chairman of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, advocating for conservation efforts. He was also involved with companies including Acumen, Accolade, Accretive, R1 RCM, Insureon, and Everspring.
Cline, a resident of Palm Beach, Florida, owned multimillion-dollar properties in the Hamptons and Palm Beach, including a $21 million property purchased in 2020 with his wife, Pamela B. Cline, whom he married in 1995 and had six children with.
He was described as creative, generous, and philanthropic by a former colleague, particularly supporting environmental causes.
Cline's death occurred days after he underwent gallbladder surgery. He is survived by his wife, Pamela, and their six children. The Kimberly Hotel has not commented on the incident.
Accretive, Juxtapose, Fandango, Pamela Cline, and Harvard University did not respond to requests for comment from TechCrunch and the New York Post.
Sources: NBC News, NY Times, CNN, Independent, HuffPost, NY Post, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Epoch Times, Yahoo, Newsmax, Daily Caller, Suggest, En-Volve, IMDb, Local 12
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