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Zug skier dies in Grindelwald

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:42:55 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND - A 46-year-old man from Zug died after he crashed while skiing in Grindelwald Tuesday afternoon 7 February. The man was coming down the First in the area of Horbach, with relatives, when he crashed, without anyone else involved. When he failed to get up, emergency help was called, but the man was [...]

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Man dies, woman critical after 2 chalet incidents near Château-d’Oex (update)

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:57:15 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 8 February 09:00 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A 43-year-old man has died and a 44-year-old woman is in critical condition at the Hug university hospitals in Geneva after what appears to have been a carbon monoxide leak at a chalet in Rossinière, near Château-d’Oex. The man was visiting the area during the ski season, say [...]

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30-yr-old French diver dies

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:34:30 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A 30-year-old French man who lives in the Lausanne area died Sunday 29 January while diving at Rossinière, near where the Chaudanne river comes out, a Fribourg region spot popular with speleologists. Canton Vaud police say he dived alone, but when those caving with him saw air come up one immediately dived [...]

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Canadian freestyle ski leader dies week after accident

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:53:08 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Sarah Burke, 29-year-old Canadian freestyle ski champion, died Thursday 19 January at the University of Utah hospital where she was taken following an accident during training near Salt Lake City a week earlier. Burke had won numerous gold medals in the past five years and CNN reports that she “is considered a [...]

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Valais woman learns husband she divorced in Nov. died in 2009

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:39:02 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A Swiss woman from canton Valais has learned that the French man she divorced in November in fact died in July 2009, but she was never informed by Geneva authorities, the canton where the couple resided, reports Le Nouvelliste. The two were married for three years, but parted company once she realized [...]

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Satirist Ronald Searle dies, age 91

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:01:58 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – British satiric artist and cartoonist Ronald Searle died, age 91, in his sleep at the home in the south of France where he had lived since 1961. Searle was best known for his cartoon gothic girls’ school, St Trinians, where murder and mayhem reigned. His dark side is often attributed to his [...]

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N Korean leader dies, Swiss-educated son takes over

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:42:07 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The “Great Successor”, Kim Jong-un, has officially been named the successor to his father, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, 69, who died Monday 19 December of a heart attack while traveling, according to media reports coming out of the country. The son, who is reportedly in his late 20s, surfaced as part [...]

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Italian dies in Saas Almagell avalanche

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:49:11 +0000

GenevaLunch.com View Larger Map GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 50-year-old Italian man who lived in Italy died 13 December in hospital in Sion after sustaining critical injuries in an avalanche at Monte Moro near Saas Almagell Sunday 11 December at 14:30. Canton Valais police say that he was part of a group of six Italians who were [...]

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German climber dies near Saas Fee

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:33:12 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - A 48-year-old German climber died after falling 20 metres into a crevasse while climbing the Allelinhorn near Saas Fee. He and his guide, also German, had left the Mittelallelin lift station and skied across the Feeglatscher. At about 3,700 metres the climber lost a pole when they were on a very steep [...]

Ricola manager suicide: Kohler had been suspended

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:17:27 +0000

GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – An update to our story about the suicide one week ago of Ricola CEO Adrian Kohler, which came as a shock to the Swiss business community: Family owners say the amount of money involved in irregularities was “minimal”, according to Swiss media. Board chairman Felix Richterich issued a statement saying that the [...]

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