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"Coal Magnate Robert Murray Dead At 80, Days After Retiring" [1]

"ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio — Coal magnate Robert Murray died at his home in Ohio less than a week after announcing his retirement as board chairman of a major U.S. coal operator.

Michael Shaheen, an attorney who had recently been representing Murray, confirmed the Sunday morning death of the 80-year-old in St. Clairsville to The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register.

Murray had announced his retirement Monday, Oct. 19, from American Consolidated Natural Resource Holdings Inc. The company is the largest privately owned U.S. coal operator with active mines in Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia and Utah. Murray was the founder, president and CEO of the company’s predecessor, Murray Energy."

The Associated Press had the story October 26, 2020. [2]

Energy & Fuel [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Public [5]
Source: AP [2], 10/26/2020
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