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Last Thursday, Dec. 14, CSX announced that their CEO, E. Hunter Harrison, was taking a medical leave. Two days later, Harrison died in Wellington, Florida, from “unexpectedly severe complications from a recent illness.” The legendary railway turnaround artist was nine months into his tenure at CSX, an assignment for which he was to be paid $300M. 
“Hunter was a larger-than-life figure who brought his remarkable passion, experience and energy in railroading to CSX,” the company said. “The entire CSX family mourns this loss.”
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