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JPMorgan Vice Chairman Jimmy Lee Dies Unexpectedly at Age 62

JPMorgan's Jimmy Lee: The Master Dealmaker's Legacy

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James B. “Jimmy” Lee, the colorful JPMorgan Chase & Co. rainmaker whose pioneering work in the loan market helped propel an era of Wall Street deals, died Wednesday morning. He was 62.

Lee felt shortness of breath while on a treadmill at his home in Darien, Connecticut, and was taken to a hospital, where he died, according to a person briefed on the matter.