RIP Paul G. Allen: Microsoft Co-Founder Dies at 65

[Astronuc]

Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma on Monday afternoon.
Allen's Vulcan Inc. announced that he died in Seattle at 65 years old.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/15/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-dies-of-cancer-at-age-65.html

http://www.vulcan.com/News/Articles/2018/Statement-on-Paul-G-Allen

According to the timeline on the Vulcan page:
1982: In September, Paul is diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Nearly eight months later, doctors said he had beaten the disease.

 

[jedishrfu]

His biography on Wikipedia is quite extensive. He did a lot of charity related work and founded a lot of science initiatives:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Allen