Apple director, ex-auto executive York dies

[onehandle]

Source: AP

DETROIT – Jerome York, a board member at Apple Inc., and a financial wizard who is credited with turning around Chrysler and IBM, died Thursday at the age of 71.

York, who lived in suburban Detroit, was taken to POH Regional Medical Center in Pontiac, Mich., on Tuesday night. The Wall Street Journal reported he suffered from a brain aneurysm.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in a statement that York was a pillar of financial and business expertise and insight on the board for more than a dozen years.

York worked for all three Detroit automakers starting in the 1960s. He helped Chrysler survive its first government bailout in 1980 and later rose to chief financial officer and helped oversee cost cuts and a return to profitability. He made similar moves as IBM Corp.'s chief financial officer in the 1990s.

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[meegbear]

3. I wonder if they'll put him in an iCoffin ...

velvet lined, sleek, WIFI enabled, make your own tombstone app

[WriteDown]

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:)

[PassingFair]

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[Dappleganger]

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