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hamsterjill

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16. May he rest in peace.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Fri Feb 14, 2020, 11:15 AM

Feb 2020

Sounds like he wasn't proud of his brothers, and I'm sure that made family dynamics difficult. One doesn't get to pick the family they are born into.

My sympathies to his friends and loved ones.

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Frederick Koch, Low- Profile Koch Brother, Dies At 86 [View all] appalachiablue Feb 2020 OP

I have nothing to say in the negative of the man........his siblings on the other hand are a cstanleytech Feb 2020 #1

Right, good that he spent time & funds on the arts. The linked appalachiablue Feb 2020 #5

whoa- psycho brothers. Blues Heron Feb 2020 #10

He was the only brother to ralize Ayn Rand was full of crap Warpy Feb 2020 #21

Ta dweller Feb 2020 #2

He wasn't a bad one. herding cats Feb 2020 #3

rarely saw His two libertarian brothers .. yes I get that and sorry your surname got dragged down lunasun Feb 2020 #4

Probably the only Koch who could die with his self respect in tact. BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #6

Cross over easy kind soul, your penance was served on this Earth... Moostache Feb 2020 #7

It was not that he was low-profile, he was 'runover' by his brothers early in court & kicked out NotHardly Feb 2020 #8

Marie Antoinettes bed? Blues Heron Feb 2020 #9

Just in case you're still telling yourself... MrModerate Feb 2020 #11

Why must it be the good one who dies? sinkingfeeling Feb 2020 #12

It's 1 to 1 now. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2020 #23

The Koch fortune was based on building oil refining capabilities for Stalin and Hitler Zorro Feb 2020 #13

The only descent one of the three. CanonRay Feb 2020 #14

There are right ways to be rich, and there are wrong ways. He seems to have done it right. eppur_se_muova Feb 2020 #15

There's a right way? rickyhall Feb 2020 #17

Give back to civilization. eppur_se_muova Feb 2020 #18

May he rest in peace. hamsterjill Feb 2020 #16

Thoughts and prayers.... AZ8theist Feb 2020 #19

A dead Koch is the best koch kimbutgar Feb 2020 #20

He may have been the "good" one MuseRider Feb 2020 #22