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JJB Sports CEO Duncan Sharpe dies.
(From FT Investor (Pulses))
Duncan Sharpe, chief executive of UK retailer JJB Sports , has been found dead. Mr Sharpe, 43, was found by a farmer on Monday afternoon hanging from a tree near his home. Lancashire police said they were not treating the death as suspicious and had referred the case to the coroner. Mr Sharpe, chief executive since February 2001, was due to present JJB's interim results on Thursday. JJB ...
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