Dave Goldberg, husband of Facebook exec Sheryl Sandberg, dies suddenly

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Source: CNN Money

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dave Goldberg, the husband of Sheryl Sandberg and CEO of SurveyMonkey, died suddenly on Friday.

Goldberg, 47, joined SurveyMonkey in 2009. He had earlier founded online music startup Launch Media, which was acquired by Yahoo in 2001.

"Dave's genius, courage and leadership were overshadowed only by his compassion, friendship and heart," SurveyMonkey said in a statement. "We are all heartbroken.

Goldberg and Sandberg, who have two young children, married in 2004. At the time, Goldberg was vice president of Yahoo Music and Sandberg was a VP at Google, where she worked from 2001 to 2008.


Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/02/technology/dave-goldberg-sheryl-sandberg-husband/

[Skittles]

1. horrible

my sympathy to his friends and loved ones

[mainer]

2. You think you have it all. And suddenly, you don't.

A reminder to all of us to treasure life and love while you can.

[calimary]

4. As good a reminder as there can be, mainer. Excellent.

All we have is the now and each other.

[Journeyman]

3. Time and chance happeneth to us all . . .

[Mira]

5. Shocking - I'm really sad about this

I just a week or so ago read Sheryl's book "Lean In" and therefore feel kind of close to both of them.
This is tragic.

[GeorgeGist]

6. Very sad

[cosmicone]

7. RIP

[QED]

8. Very sad...

We forget how fragile life really is.

Last night I read the new TIME magazine and learned that Richard Corliss, their film critic, had died. He'd had a massive stroke and died a week later. 71 years old. Gone. (71 is NOT old, btw!)