Warren Buffett's wife dies of stroke

[Richardo]

http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/29/news/newsmakers/susanbuffett_obit.reut/

Susan Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway director, died while visiting friends in Cody, Wyoming.
July 29, 2004: 10:23 AM EDT


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Susan Buffett, the wife of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman Warren Buffett, died of a stroke while the two were visiting friends in Cody, Wyoming, the company said Thursday.

Susan Buffett has been a director of Berkshire since 1991 and owned 2.2 percent of the company's stock, according to the company's most recent proxy filing. She also stood to inherit Warren Buffett's fortune upon his death, a sum estimated by Forbes at $42.9 billion.

The company did not say in its statement what would happen to her interest in Berkshire.


Warren Buffett has said that if he outlived her, all of their stock would go to a family foundation upon his death.

While the two have been separated for years, they never divorced and remained close.

Susan Buffett was 71 at the time the company's proxy statement was filed this spring.

[phillybri]

1. That's sad...Buffett seems like a good guy...

:-(

[Richardo]

2. He's definitely on board the Dem wagon...

http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?city=Omaha&st=NE&last=Buffett&first=Warren


Despite contributions to some Republicans, he maxes out at $2K for Democrats like Wes Clark, Hillary, Bob Graham, Dick Durbun, Daischle, etc. :thumbsup:

[cthrumatrix]

15. whatever party affiliation...our condolences go to him and his family

[RFKHumphreyObama]

3. My sincere, heartfelt and profound condolences to the Buffet family

[Minstrel Boy]

4. Susan Buffett was an earlier backer of

Larry King (not THAT one), the founder of Nebraska's notorious Franklin Credit Union. King was, in the mid-'80s, Nebraska's most prominent Black Republican. He sang the national anthem at the 1984 and 1988 Republican National Conventions, was a pal of George HW Bush (who was recognized at a number of King's "parties"), laundered Iran/Contra money, ran a pedophile ring which catered to elites (he flew young boys and girls all over the country, including many times to Washington), and subjected children to satanic ritual abuse. He's behind bars now, and recently lost a million dollar lawsuit by one of "his" boys for years of torture and exploitation.

From The Franklin Cover-Up by former Nebraska State Senator John DeCamp:

"One of King's earliest boosters was the wife of a man with an unrivaled reputation for shrewed investments - Warren Buffett.

...

"Backing from Buffett's socialite wife, Susie, came early in the rise of Larry King. Susie Buffett was a volunteer at the credit union in the early days. According to the Lincoln Journal-Star of March 19, 1989, King 'liked to tell the story of a woman coming to the credit union to see him and being told to return at 7:00 the next morning because he was so busy. The woman was Susie Buffett, wife of billionaire Warren Buffett, and she did come back to offer her help at the credit union.' For years, it has been part of Larry King lore in Omaha, that the Buffett's hosted a tenth wedding anniversary party for him and Alice."

Warren Buffett lives with a woman named Astrid Menks. The Wall Street Journal reported that he met her in 1977 when Susie brought her home from the nightclub where Menks was a waitress, called The French Cafe. The French Cafe, a number of King's "children" testified, was also the scene of a number of "parties" at which they were assaulted and raped by wealthy and prominent citizens of Omaha.

If you're new to the story of The Franklin Cover-Up, read more here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=392459

[Richardo]

5. Volunteers at Credit Union = White Slavery

Thank you for that Karl Rove-esque link, Minstrel Boy. Expect we'll be seeing that on Drudge later. :eyes:

[aquart]

7. George attended pedophile parties?

[Minstrel Boy]

10. That's the story of the witnesses, and the victims.

Here's a transcription from The Franklin Cover-Up, page 176:

"Nelly first brought up Bush in 1986, when she told Julie Walters about the sex parties she was flown to in Washington and Chicago. She saw Bush at two of these parties, she said, one in each city.

"Nelly also told Walters that one frequent party-goer with King was a boy named 'Brent,' the one who was "flown to another city somewhere" after a falling out with King. Walters did not have the time to cross-check this information with the life of Brandt Thomas, the Boys Town resident who had moved in with Larry King. Franklin credit union files contained a letter signed by King, in his capacity as Youth Affairs Committee advisor for the National Black Republican Council, listing Thomas as one of two national contact people for NBRC campus chapters.

"Three years later, with an investigation of abuse by King and the Webbs finally underway, Nelly was interviewed again. Speaking to Franklin committee detective Jerry Lowe, she repeated her account of the Chicago party, and said that Bush and the two men he arrived with appeared to have left the affair with a young black man she called 'Bandit.'

...

"Bush's name surfaced again in Lowe's May 1989 review of reports by Thomas Vlahoulis from the state attorney general's office: "both Kimberly and Nelly brought up the name of George Bush and indicated that they had both met him." There is a psychologist in Omaha who used to work for the CIA. In response to a direct question by an Omaha psychiatrist regarding George Bush's private life, this psychologist reported hearing rumors when Bush was head of the CIA, that correspond directly with the inferences made by Nelly Webb, and commented to the psychiatrist, 'But how do you investigate your boss?'"

It'd be easier to dismiss all these horrible stories as baseless innuendo, if but for the later headline:



More links:
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/1570946.php

Craig Spence, a conservative lobbyist and associate of King's who also pimped young boys in Washington and organized the midnight tours of the White House through the VP's office, was found suicided shortly after the story broke. Such as it did.

[Syncronaut Seven]

12. I remember this! Just reminds me

what sick fucks the repugs are.

What specifically was the tie to Buffett again? I missed it.

[Minstrel Boy]

13. some reported ties:

King's wife was an early supporter of the credit union; Warren was on the board of FirsTier Financial, which laundered $50 million of Franklin's funds; the Buffett's hosted the Kings' 10th wedding anniversary; King hosted a fundraiser for Buffett's son Howard when he ran for county commissioner; Buffett's companion was a waitress at nightclub used as a site for King's orgies; a former Omaha city employee reported that when King was crowed "Queen" at the club The Max, Buffett was his escort.

[aquart]

18. My Lord! It was Poppy???

With boys?

[Minstrel Boy]

19. Yup, it's like the BFEE home version of Clue.

From the "Omaha" chapter of Webster Tarpley's unauthorized (no kidding) autobiography of Poppy:

Sound crazy? Not to Steve Bowman, an Omaha businessman who is compiling a book about the Franklin money and sex scandal. ``We do have some credible witnesses who say that `Yes, George Bush does have a problem.'... Child abuse has become one of the epidemics of the 1990s,'' Bowman told GQ.

...

Mrs. Julie Walters, now a housewife in the Midwest, confirmed that in 1986 she had interviewed the alleged child prostitute, Lisa, who told her about Mr. Bush. Lisa and her sister Tracey were temporarily living at the time in the home of Kathleen Sorenson, another foster parent. Mrs. Walters explained that at first she was very surprised. But Lisa, who came from a very underprivileged background with no knowledge of political affairs, gave minute details of her attendance at political meetings around the country.

From Julie Walters' 50-page handwritten report:

3/25/86. Met with Kathleen and Lisa for about 2 hours in Blair questioning Lisa for more details about sexual abuse.... Lisa admitted to being used as a prostitute by Larry King when she was on trips with his family. She started going on trips when she was in 10th grade. Besides herself and Larry there was also Mrs. King, their son, Prince, and 2-3 other couples. They traveled in Larry's private plane, Lisa said that at these trip parties, which Larry hosted, she sat naked ``looking pretty and innocent'' and guests could engage in any sexual activity they wanted (but penetration was not allowed) with her.... Lisa said she first met V.P. George Bush at the Republican Convention (that Larry King sang the national anthem at) and saw him again at a Washington, D.C. party that Larry hosted. At that party, Lisa saw no women (``make-up was perfect--you had to check their legs to make sure they weren't a woman'').

http://www.tarpley.net/bush21.htm

[Syncronaut Seven]

8. Ewww..

I don't think I would have the heart to post something that vile about a guy who justy lost his wife.

Sorry, that's just me.

[Minstrel Boy]

11. Sorry. Guess it's just me.

They lived apart for decades, and Buffett's not my shining knight.

[Merlin]

14. Thanks for the info. Very interesting! n/t

.

[zbdent]

6. Have our counterparts started their "compassionate" posts yet?

You know, over at freak...

[Fovea]

9. My condolences.

I hope he is handling it ok.

[Democat]

16. Very sad, I feel for Mr. Buffet

RIP

Susan Buffett was actively involved in charities and causes such as civil rights, abortion rights and population control.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040729/us_nm/financial_berkshire_dc_4

[bluestateguy]

17. Warren Buffet is one of my favorite billionaires

Condolences :cry: