Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has died at the age of 65. He is the man who convinced Bill gAtes to drop out of Harvard and start the software company.

Although he left Microsoft in 1983 after a dispute with Gates, his partnership enabled him to benefit for the rest of his life.

Allen died from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to a family statement.

Gates described Allen as following the Microsoft partnership with a “second act” focused on strengthening communities and in a statement said, “I am heartbroken by the passing of one of my oldest and dearest friends.”