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Billionaire Sam Zell dies

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Billionaire Sam Zell died on Thursday. He was 81.

He was the founder of real estate empire Equity Residential.

He's also known for orchestrating the leveraged buyout of Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times parent Tribune in 2007.

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