DAN:

FORMER GENERAL ELECTRIC C-E-O

JACK WELCH HAS DIED AT THE AGE

OF 84.

WELCH LED G-E THROUGH TWO

DECADES OF ITS GREATEST

FINANCIAL SUCCESS -- FROM 19-81

UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN

2001.IN 19-99 - FORTUNE

MAGAZINE NAMED WELCH "MANAGER OF

THE CENTURY."IN 20-16, HE WAS

NAMED TO THEN-PRESIDENT- ELECT

DONALD TRUMP'S STRATEGIC AND

POLICY FORUM. CURRENT G-E...

C-E-O LARRY CULP RELEASED A

STATEMENT ADDRESSING WELCH'S

PASSING PRAISING HIS

CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMPANY.

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