By Will Sturgeon, 16 December 2002 11:05
NEWS Keith McCaw, a founder member of family firm McCaw Cellular Communications, has been found dead in a hot tub at his luxury lakeside mansion in Seattle. Police and firefighters responded to a 911 emergency call, but McCaw was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of death has not yet been announced. McCaw, 49, made his fortune as a shareholder in McCaw Cellular which was sold to US telecoms giant AT&T for $11.5bn in 1994. According to Forbes' rich-list McCaw was the 445th richest person in the world, joint with two of his brothers Bruce and John. The fourth brother, Craig, was 168th in the list.
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