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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJonathan Sackler, co-owner of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, dead at 65
https://nypost.com/2020/07/06/oxycontin-maker-purdues-jonathan-sackler-65-dies-of-cancer/
Jonathan Sackler, one of the owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, has died, the company confirmed.
Sackler died June 30, according to a court filing. He was 65 and the cause of death was cancer.
He was the son of Raymond Sackler, one of the brothers who bought drug company Purdue Frederick in 1952, and served as an executive and board member for the company that was later renamed Purdue Pharma. Like other members of the Sackler family, he has stepped off the board of the company in recent years, though family members retain ownership.
The company is seeking bankruptcy protection as part of an effort to settle nearly 3,000 lawsuits brought against it by state and local governments that blame the company for sparking the opioid crisis that has killed more than 400,000 Americans since 2000. Hundreds of the lawsuits also name family members.
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Jonathan Sackler, one of the owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, has died, the company confirmed.
Sackler died June 30, according to a court filing. He was 65 and the cause of death was cancer.
He was the son of Raymond Sackler, one of the brothers who bought drug company Purdue Frederick in 1952, and served as an executive and board member for the company that was later renamed Purdue Pharma. Like other members of the Sackler family, he has stepped off the board of the company in recent years, though family members retain ownership.
The company is seeking bankruptcy protection as part of an effort to settle nearly 3,000 lawsuits brought against it by state and local governments that blame the company for sparking the opioid crisis that has killed more than 400,000 Americans since 2000. Hundreds of the lawsuits also name family members.
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Jonathan Sackler, co-owner of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, dead at 65 (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Jul 2020
OP
Silver and gold won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold.... n/t
iscooterliberally
Jul 2020
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SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)1. Sending tots and pears
other than that no sympathy
malaise
(268,885 posts)2. $13B means nothing when that grim reaper
shows up! How many innocent people died for those profits?
malchickiwick
(1,474 posts)3. Sometimes I find myself wishing that hell was a real place.
This is such a time.
MrsMatt
(1,660 posts)4. what a shame. n/t
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)5. KARMA, hello there!
Nevilledog
(51,064 posts)6. If there was a god/goddess it would have been an opioid overdose.
Voltaire2
(12,995 posts)7. Sending farts and pears.
BannonsLiver
(16,352 posts)8. Hmmm
(Burps... goes back to book.)
EarthFirst
(2,900 posts)9. Piss off...
One less vulture pharmaceutical capitalist among us.
Hekate
(90,633 posts)10. Now let whatever gods there are weigh him in the balance
Thats all Ive got
muntrv
(14,505 posts)11. Awwwwww......
2naSalit
(86,515 posts)12. Awww, gee...
I wonder if I should be concerned.
iscooterliberally
(2,860 posts)13. Silver and gold won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold.... n/t