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>>> PAUL
>>> PAUL ALLEN COFOUNDED ONE OF THE LARGEST COMPANIES IN THE
WORLD, MICROSOFT.
WORLD, MICROSOFT. >> HE BECAME A BILLIONAIRE AND
THEN HE TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO
RESEARCH.
RESEARCH.
RESEARCH. >> THIS WILL UNDERSTAND HOW THE
BRAIN WORKS.
BRAIN WORKS. >> PHILANTHROPY AND SPORTS.>>
HE WAS THE OWNER OF THE SEATTLE
SEAHAWKS A TEAM THAT WON THE
SUPER BOWL IN 2014.
>> IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING YEARS
AND ALL OF THOSE PLAYS ARE
BURNED IN MY MIND, ESPECIALLY
THE HOME GAMES AND THE
INTENSITY OF THE FANS.>> WE
LOOK BACK ON THE LIFE OF PAUL
ALLEN .
ALLEN .
ALLEN . >> IT'S OUR TOP STORY.
THE FAMILY ANNOUNCED PAUL ALLEN
DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS OF NON-
HODGKINS LYMPHOMA AT THE AGE
OF 65.
OF 65.
OF 65. >>
OF 65. >> HE ACCOMPLISHED QUITE A BIT
IN THOSE 65 YEARS.
LET'S START WITH KING5'S TED
LAND .
LAND .
LAND . >>
LAND . >> Reporter: IT'S DIFFICULT TO
OVERSTATE HIS IMPACT ON SEATTLE
AND THE GLOBE.
THESE ARE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE
LIFE OF A LUMINARY WHO CARED
ABOUT DIFFERENT TOPICS.
HE WAS A BORN -- BORN IN 1953
IN SEATTLE AND AT THE AGE OF 12
HIS PARENTS SENT HIM TO A
PRIVATE SCHOOL, LAKESITE WHERE
HE WOULD INTERSECT WITH A VERY
IMPORTANT FIGURE LATER IN LIFE,
THAT CLASSMATE WAS BILL GATES.
THEY SHARED A PASSION FOR
COMPUTING AND IN 1975 WHEN THEY
WERE IN COLLEGE, THEY FORMED
THE COMPANY THAT EVENTUALLY
GREW INTO MICROSOFT.
THEY WERE CONVINCED THERE WOULD
BE A MARKET FOR COMPUTERS AND
THEY WANTED TO DESIGN THE
SOFTWARE TO MAKE THESE MACHINES
WORK.
WORK.
WORK. SEVEN YEARS LATER, ALLEN
ANNOUNCED HE HAD HODGKIN'S
DISEASE, CANCER OF THE IMMUNE
SYSTEM AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT
HE RESIGNED HIS POST AT
MICROSOFT.
MICROSOFT. THAT WAS BEFORE THE COMPANY
GREW INTO A GLOBAL ENTERPRISE.
THIS IS THE PART OF HIS LIFE
WHERE HE STARTED PURSUING OTHER
INTERESTS.
INTERESTS. HE FOUNDED VULCAN THE UMBRELLA
COMPANY THAT MANAGES HIS
DIVERSE INTERESTS LIKE REAL
ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND SPORTS.
HE BOUGHT THE PORTLAND TRAIL
BLAZERS IN 1988 THAT BECAME A
PROFITABLE MOVE.
PROFITABLE MOVE. IN 1995 COME UP VOTERS REJECTED
THE SEATTLE PROPOSAL, ALLEN AND
OTHERS WANTED SOUTH LAKE UNION
TO BE TURNED INTO A PARKED.
ALLEN ENDED UP WITH A LARGE
SWATH OF LAND WHICH TODAY IS
THE AMAZON CAMPUS, ANOTHER
PROFITABLE MOVE.
PROFITABLE MOVE. HE BOUGHT THE SEAHAWKS IN 1997
AND KEPT THEM FROM LEAVING THE
CITY.
CITY.
CITY. HE
CITY. HE ALSO LOVED MUSIC AND IN 2000
HE OPENED THE EXPERIENCE MUSIC
PROJECT IT'S NOW THE MOPOP
MUSEUM.
MUSEUM.
MUSEUM. TWO YEARS LATER HE FORMED A
PRIVATE SPACE COMPANY, THEIR
SHIP MADE IT INTO SPACE IN 2003
HE WATCHED -- LAUNCHED THE
ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN
SCIENCE AND IN 2009 HE
ANNOUNCED HIS NON-HODGKINS
LYMPHOMA LATE STAGE DIAGNOSIS.
IT HAD RETURNED AFTER ALL OF
THESE YEARS.
THESE YEARS. HE EVENTUALLY SIGNED THE GIVING
PLEDGE A COMMITMENT TO GIVE
AWAY AT LEAST HALF OF HIS
WEALTH TO PHILANTHROPIC CAUSES
IN 2010.
IN 2010.
IN 2010. JUST WEEKS AGO AT THE START OF
THE MONTH, HE PUT OUT THIS
TWEET.
TWEET.
TWEET. WE
TWEET. WE LEARNED HIS LYMPHOMA
RETURNED.
RETURNED.
RETURNED. HE SAID HE WAS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
HIS TREATMENT.
HIS TREATMENT. THIS DISEASE WHICH WAS IN THE
BACKGROUND FOR SO MUCH OF HIS
LIFE HELPED MOTIVATE HIS WORK.
HE WANTED TO DO SO MUCH AND HE
REALLY DID.
REALLY DID. BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> PAUL ALLEN REALLY LEFT HIS
MARK ON THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
>> HE LITERALLY CHANGED
ALLIANCE GET.
ALLIANCE GET. KING5'S CHRIS NALLAN TELLS US
HOW HE LEFT AND IMPRINT>>
Reporter: HE HAD AN IMPACT ON
TECHNOLOGY, PHILANTHROPY,
TECHNOLOGY, PHILANTHROPY, SPORTS AND SCIENCE.
LITERALLY ON THE LANDSCAPE HERE
IN THE PUGET SOUND THE
MICROSOFT COFOUNDER
MICROSOFT COFOUNDER REVOLUTIONIZED TECHNOLOGY AND
TRANSFORMED THE EASTSIDE.
HE USED SOME OF THAT WEALTH TO
DABBLE IN SPORTS AND POP
CULTURE DEFINING WHAT IS NOW
KNOWN AS MOPOP -- HE'S CREDITED
WITH RETAINING THE SEATTLE
SEAHAWKS.
SEAHAWKS.
SEAHAWKS. HE WANTED TO BUILD A PUBLIC
PARK BUT SOLD OR LEASED THE
LAND AND IT BECAME THE AMAZON
CAMPUS.
CAMPUS.
CAMPUS. HE REDISTRIBUTED THE PROCEEDS
THROUGH VULCAN TO CURE CANCER,
STUDY THE BRAIN AND SAVE
ENDANGERED SPECIES ALONG WITH
CORAL REEFS.
CORAL REEFS. HERE'S A STATEMENT FROM HIS
SISTER JODY ALLEN.
MY BROTHER WAS A REMARKABLE
INDIVIDUAL ON EVERY LEVEL WHILE
MOST NEW PAUL ALLEN IS A
TECHNOLOGIST AND
TECHNOLOGIST AND PHILANTHROPIST, FOR US HE WAS A
MUCH LOVED BROTHER AND UNCLE
AND EXCEPTIONAL FRIEND.
WE WERE BLESSED TO EXPERIENCES
WITH, WANT, GENEROSITY AND
CONCERN.
CONCERN.
CONCERN. FOR ALL THE DEMANDS ON HIS
SCHEDULE THERE WAS TIME FOR
FAMILY AND FRIENDS AT THIS TIME
OF LOSS AND GRIEF FOR US AND
OTHERS WE ARE PROFOUNDLY
GRATEFUL FOR THE CARE AND
CONCERN HE DEMONSTRATED EVERY
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. WE
DAY. WE ALSO HEARD FROM VULCAN CEO
BILL HILF ABOUT THE DIFFICULT
DAY FOR THE COMPANY.>>
IMPORTANTLY, AS MANY OF YOU
KNOW PAUL HAD A TREMENDOUSLY
HUGE VISION ON IMPROVING THE
WORLD.
WORLD.
WORLD. HE
WORLD. HE HAD A BIG PART IN REALIZING
THAT VISION AND CONTINUE.
THAT'S HOW WE ARE RALLYING
TOGETHER TODAY AND THIS WEEKEND
THE NEXT WEEKS TO CARRY THAT
BANNER INTO THE FUTURE FOR HIM.
>> GALLON LEFT AND IMPRINT ON
MANY BUILDINGS AROUND THE
REGION INCLUDING THE ALLEN
INSTITUTE AND SOUTH LAKE UNION
, EMPLOYEES AND MOST OF HIS
PROPERTIES IN THE REGION WERE
CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY TODAY'S
NEWS.
NEWS.
NEWS. ALLEN OWNED THE NFL SEATTLE
SEAHAWKS AND THE NBA PORTLAND
TRAIL BLAZERS COMMISSIONER
ALLEN SILVER AND ROGER GOODELL
HAVE BOTH ISSUED STATEMENT
ROGER GOODELL SAID PAUL ALLEN
WAS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND
KEEPING THE NFL IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST ADDING OUR LEAGUE IS
BETTER FOR PAUL ALLEN HAVING
BEEN A PART OF IT.
THE ENTIRE NFL SENDS ITS