American Express president suddenly dies on corporate plane

Plane made emergency landing after Ed Gilligan, 55, fell ill; he worked at credit card company for 35 years, becoming president in 2013American Express said on Friday the company’s president, Ed Gilligan, died suddenly after falling ill while flying on a corporate plane to New York.The company said the 55-year-old executive was coming back from a business trip. It said the plane made an emergency landing in the US, but did not say where Gilligan had been. Continue reading...