Michael Klein
- 37 years old
- Born Dec 06, 1970
- Died Dec 23, 2007
- United States
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Klein
Michael Klein, 37, of Santa Barbara, Calif., died in the crash of a Cessna 172 in the remote mountains about 270 miles west of Panama City, according to the Associated Press and other sources. Also killed in the crash were Klein's 13-year-old daughter, Talia, and Panamanian pilot Edwin Lasso, 23.
According to reports, the only survivor of the crash was Francesca Lewis, 12, a friend of Talia's who was delivered to safety by rescue workers who trekked for hours in heavy rains and winds to the slopes of the Baru volcano where the crashed occured.
Valerie Lewis, Francesca's mother, told the AP the girl suffered a broken arm and hypothermia.
Michael Klein, who was the chief executive officer of hedge fund management firm Pacificor, was CEO of community Web site OneList when it merged with eGroups in 1999. Klein became CEO of eGroups later that year. Yahoo purchased eGroups in 2000 for $432 million.
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I am so sorry for your over whelming loss
Cameron (Jul 12, 2008)
My Memory
Ronda Ufford (Feb 18, 2008)
Ronda Ufford
My Memory
Kurt Benjamin (Feb 09, 2008)
You were a tremendous inspiration to me, a source of knowledge to draw and learn from. I will do my best to carry the Pacificor tradition and complete the work we had begun. You should be here enjoying the success we created....I will miss you tremendously. You said I need somthing to obsess on.....completeing our goals and loving my family will be it.