Christopher Cline

Coal billionaire Chris Cline died in a helicopter crash in the Bahamas on July 4, 2019, two miles off his private island Grand Cay.The crash, which also took the life of his daughter and five others, occurred one day before his 61st birthday. His attorney described him as a billionaire who never lost touch with the days he lived in a double wide and used a blow dryer to thaw winter pipes.The West Virginia native got his start working in coal mines at age 15 and later bet big on high-sulfur coal reserves in Illinois.He took coal mining firm Foresight Energy public in 2014, and sold a controlling stake in 2015 for $1.4 billion cash.