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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen passes away

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Oct 16, 2018, at 09:42 am

#PaulAllen #PaulAllenDies #Microsoft

New York, Oct 16 (IBNS): IT giant Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has passed away.

He was 65.

Allen died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, media reports said.

Thank you, Paul. â¤ï¸ pic.twitter.com/SDj5Xp34jj
— Microsoft (@Microsoft) October 15, 2018

The company tweeted: "Thank you, Paul."

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was quoted as saying by BBC: "I am heartbroken by the passing of one of my oldest and dearest friends... Personal computing would not have existed without him."

Statement from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the passing of Paul Allen: pic.twitter.com/1iLDLenLKz
— Microsoft (@Microsoft) October 15, 2018

Paul co-founded Microsoft alongside Bill Gates in 1975.

Image: Microsoft Twitter page

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