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Fandango Founder J. Michael Cline Dies by Suicide From NYC Hotel

The Fandango founder was identified as the jumper who fell to his death from a NYC luxury hotel, passing at 64.

Image Credit: hbshealthalumni.org J. Michael Cline, a finance executive who founded the ticketing company Fandango, died Tuesday morning of an apparent suicide in Manhattan after falling from the 20th floor of the Kimberly Hotel. According to law enforcement sources, cops from the 17th Precinct and EMS rushed to the Kimberly Hotel located at 145 East 50th St. at around 10:30 a.m. on July 16 after receiving a report of a man with a serious injury. Cline, who completed his undergraduate at Cornell University and received an MBA from Harvard Business School, founded Fandango, a movie ticketing service, in 2000.

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