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Steve Appleton, Micron CEO, Dies In Plane Crash

Posted by Soulskill on Friday February 3, 2012 @09:09AM from the rest-in-peace dept.

CR0WTR0B0T writes "Micron CEO Steve Appleton was killed in a plane crash around 9AM on Friday, February 3rd. He was flying an experimental fixed-wing single engine Lancair, which crashed in between two runways at the Boise airport."

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Re:Where was his golden... okay I won't by Grishnakh · 2012-02-03 09:27 · Score: 3, Insightful

Yep, definitely a little different from the typical corporation-raiding golden-parachute-collecting CEO like Bob Nardelli.
Re:bad by ackthpt · 2012-02-03 09:38 · Score: 5, Insightful

Guess that Steve was looking for the John Denver Experience.
John Denver, Steve Fossett and too many others.
The spirit to take risks is the spirit of adventure.

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Re:live bum with potential by Calydor · 2012-02-03 10:41 · Score: 3, Insightful

If he's done everything he wanted to do in life, is that really a bad thing?

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