Fandango founder identified as man who fell to death from New York City hotel

New York (CNN) — J. Michael Cline, nan laminitis of movie summons institution Fandango, fell to his decease from a New York City edifice Tuesday, a rule enforcement charismatic confirmed to CNN.

The New York Police Department said that astir 10 americium connected Tuesday, nan 64-year-old was recovered pinch injuries indicating he fell from an elevated tallness from The Kimberly Hotel, a luxury boutique edifice successful midtown Manhattan. Investigators judge he jumped from nan 20th level of nan hotel. He was declared dormant soon aft by emergency aesculapian services.

Cline founded Fandango successful 1999 and stayed until 2011, according to LinkedIn. The summons institution is now owned by NBCUniversal.

At nan clip of his death, Cline was a founding and managing partner astatine backstage equity patient Accretive and executive president astatine Juxtapose, a task fund. He had besides founded a number of different companies.

Cline served arsenic president of nan National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, wherever he wrote astir nan value of conservation efforts successful 2020.

Cline was joined and nan begetter of six children. He received his bachelors from Cornell University and MBA from Harvard Business School, according to an HBS alumni relation site.

CNN has reached retired to Fandango for comment.