New York
CNN
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Charlie Munger, a billionaire and long-time friend and business partner of Warren Buffett, has died. He was 99 years old.
Berkshire Hathaway said in a press release that Munger passed “peacefully” on Tuesday morning in a California hospital. No cause of death was given.
Charles Thomas Munger, known by his nickname, “Charlie,” was born on January 1, 1924, in Omaha, Nebraska. Munger served in the US Army during World War II after leaving the University of Michigan in 1943 at the age of 19. Following the war, Munger attended Harvard Law School and graduated with honors in 1948 and moved to Southern California where he practiced real estate law.
“Berkshire Hathaway could not have been built to its present status without Charlie’s inspiration, wisdom and…
