![]() He’d been unwell for years, during which time he’d been grooming his favored heir, Charles.Ĭharles began working for his father’s company in 1961, after obtaining an engineering degree from MIT and working as a management consultant in Boston. His sons – Frederick, Jr., the eldest Charles, the second-born and Bill and David, the twin babies of the family – weren’t surprised when Fred died. He was survived by his wife Mary and their four sons. He died where he fell, aged 67, far from his home in Wichita, Kansas. There were no hospitals in that wilderness. The story goes that Fred downed a duck, indulged in a moment of self-congratulation, and then fell over, unconscious. ![]() Salt marshes and ranchland stretched before them snow-capped mountains loomed behind. The surrounding countryside was breathtakingly beautiful. On November 17, 1967, Fred Koch – the wealthy head of a relatively humble business empire – was hunting near Bear River, Utah, accompanied by a field guide. ![]()
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