Enron's Ken Lay dead
Reports: Enron's Ken Lay Dies Of Massive Heart Attack
POSTED: 10:04 am EDT July 5, 2006
UPDATED: 10:06 am EDT July 5, 2006
HOUSTON -- Former Enron Corp. chairman Ken Lay died of a massive heart attack, according to broadcast reports.
Houston TV station KPRC and CNN both reported that Lay's death was confirmed Wednesday.
Lay, 64, was admitted to the Aspen Valley Hospital overnight with a massive coronary, according to KPRC.
Doctors said his heart simply "gave out" and the death was unexpected. Lay was found guilty on May 25 on six counts of conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud in a case born from one of the biggest business scandals in U.S. history.
He was to be sentenced on Sept. 11. [news4jax]
Who wants to start the rumor that he faked his death?
Posted by: Eric Blair | July 05, 2006 at 10:23 AM
Okay, time for all the people whose pensions were raided to sue his estate for proper compensation.
Posted by: Redbeard | July 05, 2006 at 11:14 AM
Will Kenny Boy's old friend Dubya attend the funeral?
Posted by: Robert Bate | July 05, 2006 at 11:16 AM
I think we should all send condolance letters to the White House. I'm not kidding. As a performance piece.
Posted by: mudkitty | July 05, 2006 at 11:24 AM
I wouldn't have thought Ken Lay was equipped to have a heart attack.
Posted by: Ron Sullivan | July 05, 2006 at 12:07 PM
The Devil was just calling in some debts.
Posted by: rob helpy-chalk | July 05, 2006 at 01:53 PM
I can imagine a sort of twisted scene remake of The Omen, where Ken Lay is the nurse to G.W., and then they cut scene to Ken on top of the building, getting ready to jump, saying, "it's all for you George!"
Posted by: Count Zero | July 05, 2006 at 03:56 PM
Who cares? Lay is just another dead felon now. The scoop, I guess, is that he is probably the first dead felon who is also a Bush Pioneer. There are still a lot of live felon Bush Pioneers.
Posted by: Midwestern Progressive | July 05, 2006 at 04:20 PM
OMG! They killed Kenny! You bastards!
Posted by: Trystero | July 05, 2006 at 05:57 PM
How do we find out conclusively if it was a suicide?
Posted by: Thesaurus Rex | July 05, 2006 at 07:14 PM
Driftglass has a nice picture of what he thinks may have really happened to Kenny boy.
Posted by: John Lucid | July 05, 2006 at 09:29 PM
Trestero made a funny.
Posted by: mudkitty | July 05, 2006 at 09:56 PM
Hey, if you had millions of dollars offshore..and you were in your 60's...would you stick around to go to jail for 15 years, or fake a death and go abroad?
Just saying...
Posted by: Destardi | July 06, 2006 at 12:00 AM
Rest in peace asshole. Ratepayers like yours truly out in the Pac. N.W. are STILL paying ENRON. That's right, ENRON “bought” a big hunk of local utilities and guess who is still saddled with the debt. I figure his widow owes me several hundred dollars by now. I'll take my due in blood if I ever run across her.
Posted by: cfrost | July 06, 2006 at 07:55 AM