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Wealthy New Canaan Financier Killed In Ireland; Son Charged With Fatal Attack: Reports
A Connecticut financier was killed at an Ireland hotel after he flew from the United States to care for his mentally ill son. Now his son is charged with the assault that killed him, the BBC reported.
New York City resident Henry McGowan, age 30, of Brooklyn, is accused of killing his father, 66-year-old John McGowan, of New Canaan, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, the outlet said.
The New York Times reported that Henry flew to Ireland earlier this week to stay at Ballyfin Demesne, a hotel in County Laois. Henry suffers from bipolar disorder, and when John learned his son had left the count…
Greenwich Resident, Fandango Founder J. Michael Cline, 64, Was Father Of 6
Fairfield County resident J. Michael Cline, the founder of Fandango and other startups, who died from an apparent suicide after falling from the 20th floor of a luxury hotel in Manhattan, was a father of six.
Cline, age 64, a homeowner in Greenwich, died around 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 16, at the Kimberly Hotel on 50th Street, said the New York City Police Department.
"Upon arrival, officers found an unconscious and unresponsive male with injuries indicative of a fall from an elevated position. An investigation remains ongoing," NYPD said.
Original report: Fandango Founder Fr…
Fandango Founder From Greenwich, 64, Takes Fatal Leap From Luxury NYC Hotel: Nypd
Connecticut resident J. Michael Cline, the founder of online movie ticket sales company Fandango, has been identified as the man who took a fatal leap for a luxury hotel in New York City this week.
Cline, age 64, leaped to his death from the Kimberly Hotel at 145 East 50th Street at approximately 10:20 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, a spokesperson for the NYPD said. He was found unconscious at the scene and pronounced dead at 10:30 p.m.
Cline's primary address is in Palm Beach, Florida, but they also has homes in New York City and Greenwich, records show.
A venture capitalist who earned his bachel…
Group Of Stamford, Greenwich, Norwalk, Westport, Fairfield Leaders Names Martin As Chairman
The Fairfield County Five, an economic development group that arranges business outreach events to educate those outside Connecticut, selected Stamford Mayor David Martin as its acting chairman on July 23.
The year-old regional marketing initiative is led by the mayors or first selectmen and economic development leaders of Fairfield, Greenwich, Norwalk, Stamford and Westport.
“We’re not an official body,” Stamford Director of Economic Development Thomas Madden said in this Westfair Online article. "When we launched last year it was as a pilot project — ‘Can we work together and pull s…
