A business enterprise magnate who was a managing husband or wife of the Aspen Snowboarding Company died in a crash at an Aspen racetrack on Sunday as he celebrated his 70th birthday.
James Crown, regarded as Jim, was killed at the associates-only Aspen Motorsports Park in Woody Creek, Colorado, in a single-automobile collision with an effects barrier, according to studies.
Crown was chairman and main govt officer of Henry Crown and Firm. It has stakes in a assorted array of corporations like the Aspen Skiing Company—which operates the well known vacation resort—and the aerospace and protection company Typical Dynamics Company. Forbes believed the Chicago family’s fortune at $10.2 billion as of December 2020.
The date of Crown’s dying was the similar as his beginning, according to the Aspen Every day News. Undersheriff Alex Burchetta, of the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office environment, explained to the neighborhood newspaper: “Mr. Crown was associated in a motor vehicle crash at the Woody Creek racetrack resulting in lethal injuries.”
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Chief Deputy Coroner Audra Keith, of the Pitkin County Coroner’s Business, introduced a statement on line indicating: “James Crown was included in a solitary motor vehicle incident at the Aspen Motorsports Park in Woody Creek. The formal cause of loss of life is pending autopsy whilst numerous blunt drive trauma is apparent. The fashion is incident.”
Family members also issued a shorter assertion on Sunday evening through a representative, who claimed: “The Crown household is deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Jim Crown in an accident before currently. The relatives requests that their privateness be revered at this complicated time. Even further particulars about programs for a memorial to recall Jim’s impressive daily life will be introduced at a later date.”
The statement also presented a biography of Crown’s profession achievements, which integrated serving as a previous member of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, appointed by President Barack Obama. Crown, who experienced both of those a political science and a law degree, was also a member of the Aspen Institute’s board of trustees.
He lived in Chicago, Illinois, and leaves behind his aged moms and dads, Lester and Renée Crown, six siblings, his spouse of 38 a long time, Paula, and his kids, Torie, Hayley, W. Andrew and Summer time.
It really is unclear what variety of car was associated in the incident, and whether Crown was the only human being in it. The 50-acre park gives associates a motocross track, a go-kart observe, and an oval grime rallycross observe.
Newsweek has achieved out to Pitkin County Sheriff’s Workplace by electronic mail for additional information and remark, and to Aspen Motorsports Park by e-mail in search of much more facts.
