Former Fiat Chrysler CEO Marchionne Dies

Former Fiat Chrysler CEO Marchionne Dies
Chairman & CEO of Fiat Chrysler Sergio Marchionne speaks before attending a White House roundtable with senior executives from U.S. and foreign automakers and U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, on May 11, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File photo
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MILAN—Former Fiat Chrysler chief executive Sergio Marchionne, one of the auto industry’s most tenacious and respected auto chiefs, has died, succumbing to complications from recent surgery.

The carmaker’s controlling family shareholder confirmed news reports of his death on Wednesday, without giving the cause of death or saying when he had died.