Paul Allen, Co-Founder of Microsoft, Dies At 65- Jordan Gillette

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45871379

Summary: On Monday, October 15th, Paul Allen, the Chairman of the Seattle Seahawks, and the co-founder of Microsoft, finally succumbed to his decades long reoccurring battle with cancer, and passed away. After being treated for the disease, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, in 2009, the doctors were "optimistic" about this new treatment for his ever-looming disease, but unfortunately things didn't turn out the way the doctors were expecting. Allen passed away within two weeks of revealing his disease to the public. Allen and Bill Gates, just school friends hoping to dabble in the business and technology worlds, started Microsoft in 1975, and watched it soar. When he was first diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease in 1983, fearing for the worst, Allen left Microsoft in order to pursue other business ideas. He recovered and started Vulcan in 1986, which is a powerful media and communications investment firm. Paul Allen will be missed by his friends, coworkers, family, and every person whose lives were affected by his generosity.

Analysis: This is a very sad event, and after reading this article I believe that he was a generous, intelligent, kind-hearted man. This article was written by the writers over at BBC News US & Canada (names were not listed). Before reading this article, I knew next to nothing about Paul Allen. I believe I had only heard his name once in a documentary at some point in time. It seems Bill Gates has unintentionally cast a shadow over his partner in crime. Bringing him into the limelight on the day he died is a very sweet moment, and tells the public the story of the technology powerhouse that is Microsoft, and how like a surprising amount of other technology giants, started with two friends in a garage. This article was written as a way to give Paul Allen one last hoorah for the public as friends and family gather around to remember the generous, charitable man he was. This is similar to Steve Job's death back in 2011 when he died under the age of 70 of cancer, similar to Allen.