What is Eion Edgar?
[[File:Eion Edgar (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|Edgar in 2012]] [[Sir]] '''Eion Sinclair Edgar''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KNZM}} (30 January 1945 – 14 June 2021)<ref name=Olympic>{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/eion-edgar/ |title=Eion Edgar |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |date=8 February 2016 |access-date=16 June 2021 |archive-date=16 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616043306/https://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/eion-edgar/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> was a [[New Zealand]] businessman and [[philanthropist]]. He was the [[chairman]] of the investment company Forsyth Barr Group for 20 years until his retirement in 2018. He was [[University chancellor|chancellor]] of the [[University of Otago]] from 1999 and 2003. He was born in [[Dunedin]]. Edgar died of [[pancreatic cancer]] on 14 June 2021 in [[Queenstown, New Zealand|Queenstown]]. He was 76.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/iconic-and-visionary-leader-sir-eion-edgar-dies|title='Iconic and visionary leader' Sir Eion Edgar dies|work=Otago Daily Times|date=14 June 2021|access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{commonscat}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Edgar, Eion}} [[Category:1945 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer]] [[Category:New Zealand businesspeople]] [[Category:People from Dunedin]] [[Category:Philanthropists]] {{bio-stub}}