Pregnant Elin Nordegren’s ex Chris Cline, a billionaire who ran some of America’s largest coal mines, died in a plane crash in the Bahamas on July 4.
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Chris died alongside four women and two other men when their helicopter, which was headed for Fort Lauderdale, crashed. The cause of the accident is still being investigated.
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West Virginia state senator Sue Cline announced that the coal giant’s daughter, Kameron, also died in the crash.
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Chris would have turned 61 on July 5.
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After Elin, 39, divorced
Tiger Woods in 2010, she and Chris were linked romantically for years.
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West Virginia Governor Jim Justice announced the heartbreaking news on Twitter. He wrote, “Today we lost a WV superstar and I lost a very close friend. Our families go back to the beginning of the Cline empire - Pioneer Fuel. Chris Cline built an empire and on every occasion was always there to give. What a wonderful, loving, and giving man.”
Chris died alongside four women and two other men when their helicopter, which was headed for Fort Lauderdale, crashed. The cause of the accident is still being investigated.
Photo credit: Getty Images
West Virginia state senator Sue Cline announced that the coal giant’s daughter, Kameron, also died in the crash.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Chris would have turned 61 on July 5.
Photo credit: Getty Images
After Elin, 39, divorced
Tiger Woods in 2010, she and Chris were linked romantically for years.
Photo credit: Getty Images