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The man who leapt to his death from a luxury hotel in New York City this week was identified as the wealthy co-founder of movie ticket firm Fandango.

J. Michael Cline plunged from the 20th floor of the Kimberly Hotel and landed in a third-floor courtyard on the morning of 16 July, according to law enforcement sources. The wealthy businessman apparently left a suicide note before jumping from the building on East 50th Street near Lexington Avenue, the sources added.

Described as a “serial entrepreneur”, Cline was also a managing partner at the startup funding firm Accretive as well as a philanthropist who advocated for the protection of tigers. The 64-year-old was also a father of six with a home in Greenwich, Connecticut.

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The contents of the note were not immediately known, and as the investigation continues, police say that “no criminality is suspected”. However, the manner of his death came as a shock to those who knew him, occurring mere days after his gallbladder surgery, sources said via NY Post.

Cline owned multimillion-dollar houses in the Hamptons and Palm Beach, Florida, including a sprawling lakefront abode he bought with his wife for $20.75 million in December 2020, according to the Palm Beach Daily News.

[source:nypost]