SHERYL Sandberg’s 47-year-old husband died suddenly of severe head trauma after he apparently fell off a treadmill while exercising at a gym in Mexico, according to a report in The New York Times.
Dave Goldberg, who was CEO of SurveyMonkey, was found on the floor of the gym at the Four Seasons Resort near Punta Mita in southwest Mexico at around 7pm on Friday night with a pool of blood around him, a Mexican government official said. His brother, Robert Goldberg, is believed to have discovered him and called emergency services.
He was taken to Hospital San Javier in Nuevo Vallarta with a weak pulse but could not be revived and died there.
Goldberg’s death had been shrouded in mystery since it was announced on Facebook on Sunday, US time.
Ms Sandberg is the author of a feminist manifesto, Lean In, and she is a billionaire COO of Facebook. The couple have two young children, who they were holidaying with at the time of the tragic accident.
The fact that no cause of death was immediately announced led people to speculate, with more than 800 comments appearing on a Times obituary.
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DUCHESS Catherine and Prince William have named their daughter – and their choice could not be more perfect.
She’s Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, for the Queen, and for the People’s Princess.
The announcement was made on Twitter, and elsewhere, shortly after midnight, Australian time.
The little girl will be known as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.
But she’ll carry Diana with her, wherever she goes.
THREE Darwin cab drivers refused to pick up two indigenous men because they were intimidated by their face paint.
The NT News reports that three drivers from the Blue Taxi company were dispatched to pick up the men, one of whom was painted after taking part in a traditional ceremony at a funeral.
All three drove off when they saw them.
In what may be the worst PR statement of all time, the spokeswoman for the taxi company said drivers didn’t discriminate against Aboriginal clients, adding: “Most of the time we pick them up unless they’re very intoxicated or the driver feels intimidated.”
The two men were prominent Territory musicians Jonathan “Johnno” and Djunga Djunga Yunupingu — the brother and uncle of international singing star Gurrumul.
THE British – yes, the British! – have hijacked Australia’s premier cooking show.
British-born pals Steve Flood and Will Stewart were last night named winners of My Kitchen Rules.
It’s the first time that two blokes have won the cooking show, and almost certainly the first time that the British have been linked to anything remotely resembling fine cuisine.
The lads are actually bankers by trade, but this is their dream. They served up mullet, beetroot and – of course – a dessert inspired by peaches and cream, and in the process, trumped the bushy cockies from Mount Isa.
The British. Have Won. A Cooking Show. Really? Yes, really.
IF you weren’t feeling quite sick enough about the fact that a man who stomped his wife in front of their little boy was on the weekend hailed champion of the world, here’s something else to stick in your craw.
Floyd Mayweather, boxer, made $US 100 million from that fight in Las Vegas and how do we know that? He’s been showing off the cheque.
HBO made $US 400 million charging people to watch it.
In a statement, HBO claimed to have made more than the GDP of 27 different countries, although that’s apparently not quite right.
In a quite separate statement, made back in 2010, Mayweather’s 10 year old boy said: “My Dad kick my Mom and told me to go in my room but I went to go get Mom’s friend that live in our back house.”
Police came. Mayweather got 90 days. He served less than 60, came out, and is now one of the richest athletes in the world.
Viva Las Vegas.
FORMER CEO of Hewlett-Packard Carly Fiorina is running for President.
She has no chance, but the news is noteworthy because she’s the first woman to put up her hand on the Republican side.
Hillary Clinton is running for the Democrats. She’s a better than even chance.
No word yet on Jeb Bush, although he’s busy losing weight/) on the Paleo diet, which probably means he’s preparing to throw his hat in the ring, too.
Bush v Clinton. Again.
PROVING yet again that men get better with age, David Beckham has turned 40.
We hear you: how is it that he’s only 40?!
Beckham has been around for a very long time. He left home at 16 to train for the Red Devils, and he played for Manchester United from age 20. He married a Spice Girl. They had four children. He drove a speed boat to the Olympics opening ceremony, dressed as James Bond.
From time to time – quite often, actually – he strips down to his underpants and people take pictures and for that, we are grateful.
He has 32 tattoos, and it’s fun to try to find them all
The party was held in Morocco. Happy birthday, Becks. We could not love you more.
