Jim Cantalupo, McDonald's Chief, Is Dead at 60

[mumon]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/19/business/19WIRE-MCDONALDS.html

OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) -- Jim Cantalupo, chairman and CEO of McDonald's Corp., died early Monday at age 60, according to company officials.

Jim McKenna, presiding director of the hamburger giant's board of directors, said Cantalupo died of a sudden and unexpected heart attack in Orlando, Fla., where McDonald's was holding its international owner and operator convention.



First "Dave Thomas," the Wendy's guy dies of a heart attack, & now this guy.

I don't suppose they've been eating their own food, no?

[Frederic Bastiat]

1. Take the $10 CRP test

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/2020/Living/2020_heart_test040415-1.html

"Half the people who have heart disease find out they have a heart problem by dropping dead. That's the first symptom they have," said Dr. Richard M. Fleming, a nuclear cardiologist and founder of the Fleming Heart and Health Institute in Omaha, Neb.

Fleming routinely uses a simple blood test that scans his patients' blood for signs of inflammation in coronary arteries that may lead to heart attacks. The test can raise the red flag early in heart disease — while you still have time to prevent serious damage.

It's called a CRP test and it's simple and cheap. It measures C-reactive protein, a protein our bodies make in response to inflammation of any kind. One type of CRP test can detect inflammation in coronary arteries.

Overall, having a CRP level reading of 3 or more puts you at higher risk for heart disease. A level of 1 to 3 puts you at moderate risk. If you've got a CRP reading under 1, your risk is low. In fact, people with a CRP less than 0.5 almost never have heart attacks.

[jobycom]

2. Thanks for the advice.

Good link.

[nolabels]

3. Dead cows are not good food for people

And all the money in the world will do you no good if your dead and can't spend it.

My condolences to the family, but not the killer Corporation

on edit: I eat Dead cow to once in while so as not be a outcast, but generaly I try stay away as much as possible

[nolabels]

4. Well they didn't spend too much time looking for the replacement

http://www.forbes.com/business/commerce/newswire/2004/04/19/rtr1336519.html

NEWSMAKER-McDonald's new CEO began serving burgers at 15
Reuters, 04.19.04, 11:57 AM ET

By Brad Dorfman

CHICAGO, April 19 (Reuters) - Charlie Bell, the first non-American to lead McDonald's Corp. (nyse: MCD - news - people), started serving hamburgers and french fries at a McDonald's restaurant in Australia at the age of 15.

From that typical teenage part-time job, Bell rose through the ranks to run McDonald's businesses all over the world and become president and chief operating officer of the world's largest restaurant company last year.

He was appointed president and chief executive after McDonald's CEO Jim Cantalupo died suddenly on Monday.

"He has worked for McDonald's for nearly 30 years. As they say, ketchup runs in his veins," Mark Kalinowski, restaurant analyst at Smith Barney, said in a research note. He rates the stock a "buy."

Bell, 43, has been seen as the heir apparent since he was appointed to the job of second-in-command. But Cantalupo's unexpected death from an apparent heart attack led to Bell becoming chief executive years before the company had planned, analysts said.

"At the time of Cantalupo's appointment in early 2003, we believed he would remain CEO for three to five years with a likely transition of the job to Charlie Bell," John Ivankoe, restaurant analyst at J.P. Morgan Securities, said in a research note. He rates the stock "overweight."
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