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Saudi prince Ahmed, owner of Kentucky Derby war emblem dies
Jiddah, July 23: Prince Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, a nephew of king Fahd who led a Saudi publishing empire and owned Kentucky Derby winner `war emblem,` died on Monday of a heart attack at a hospital in the Saudi capital of Riyadh. He was 44.
Jiddah, July 23: Prince Ahmed bin Salman bin
Abdulaziz, a nephew of king Fahd who led a Saudi publishing
empire and owned Kentucky Derby winner "war emblem," died
on Monday of a heart attack at a hospital in the Saudi capital of
Riyadh. He was 44.
Associates of prince Ahmed in Saudi Arabia and London mourned him as a popular figure and a prince who didn't put on airs.
"On a personal level, he was the kindest person I've ever seen - he was a prince without the airs," said Khalid al Maeena Editor-in-Chief of the Jiddah-based Arab news, one of nearly 20 publications owned by the Saudi research and marketing group. Prince Ahmed was chairman and majority owner of the company.
Bureau Report
Associates of prince Ahmed in Saudi Arabia and London mourned him as a popular figure and a prince who didn't put on airs.
"On a personal level, he was the kindest person I've ever seen - he was a prince without the airs," said Khalid al Maeena Editor-in-Chief of the Jiddah-based Arab news, one of nearly 20 publications owned by the Saudi research and marketing group. Prince Ahmed was chairman and majority owner of the company.
Bureau Report