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Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, dies at 65

Billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen, has died of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma complications. The ailment is a cancer of the lymphatic system.

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Paul Allen

Billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen, has died of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma complications. The ailment is a cancer of the lymphatic system.

The late technologist, who passed on yesterday in Seattle at the age of 65 years, co-founded the global brand with Bill Gates in 1975.

They ran the company together until 1982 when the late Allen was diagnosed of Hodgkin’s disease.

He was worth $20.3 billion, according to Forbes. And had donated more than $2 billion to charity.
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