{"id":7854,"date":"2006-07-05T12:27:13","date_gmt":"2006-07-05T16:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/7854.html"},"modified":"2006-07-05T12:27:13","modified_gmt":"2006-07-05T16:27:13","slug":"ken-lay-dies-at-age-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/ken-lay-dies-at-age-64\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Lay dies at age 64"},"content":{"rendered":"

[tag]Ken Lay[\/tag] [tag]died[\/tag] this morning<\/a>, reportedly from a massive heart attack.<\/p>\n

The recently convicted former [tag]Enron[\/tag] chairman Kenneth L. Lay, 64, died early today in Aspen, Colo., a family spokeswoman and the sheriff’s office said. Lay, convicted of fraud and conspiracy for his part in the Houston-based energy company’s collapse, faced the possibility of life in prison at his sentencing scheduled for October.<\/p>\n

Family spokeswoman Kelly Kimberly said Lay died of a [tag]heart attack[\/tag]. A statement from the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office said deputies and an ambulance were sent to Lay’s vacation home in Old Snowmass at 1:41 a.m. for “a medical emergency.”<\/p>\n

“Mr. Lay was transported to Aspen Valley Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 3:11 a.m.,” the statement said. “A coroner’s autopsy is pending,” the statement said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lay’s death comes about a month after he was convicted<\/a> on multiple counts of conspiracy and fraud. He was scheduled to return to court for sentencing in October.<\/p>\n

It’s a little difficult to know how one is supposed to react to news like this. It seems terribly inappropriate to celebrate the death of almost anyone, even over-the-top criminals. But it also seems unfair to those Lay conned, lied to, and stole from to suggest “all is forgiven” now that he’s passed.<\/p>\n

Lay’s family deserves condolences, but history will remember Lay as a man who literally destroyed the lives of thousands. At the risk of sounding callous, I think it’s fair to make note of that fact, even today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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