Jonathan Bloomer, Morgan Stanley International Chair, Dies (2)

Jonathan Bloomer, chairman of Morgan Stanley International and onetime chief executive of Prudential Plc, was confirmed as among the fatalities in the Aug. 19 sinking of a luxury yacht off Italy. He was 70.

His wife, Judy, was also among those killed. They had been guests on the superyacht Bayesian to mark the acquittal of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch at a trial in which Bloomer had been a defense witness.

Lynch also died in the sinking, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter who asked not to be identified.

Jonathan Bloomer in 2004.

Photographer: Andy Shaw/Bloomberg

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