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Article: OBIT/In Memory of Alfred Heineken.
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- January 3, 2002
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AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 2002
It is with great sadness that the Management Board of Heineken Holding N.V. and the Executive Board of Heineken N.V. announce that this evening Dr. Alfred H. Heineken died peacefully at home in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, at the age of 78.
The company mourns the loss of a man who, on June 1, 1942 at the age of 18, first came to work at the brewery, which his grandfather had acquired in 1864. Heineken N.V. is indebted to Mr. Heineken for having built the family business into the leading international brewery group it is today.
Alfred Heineken was for ...