What is Paul Allen?
{{Infobox person | name = Paul Allen | image = Paul G. Allen (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | birth_date = {{birth date|1953|1|21}} | birth_place = [[Seattle]], [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|10|15|1953|1|21}} | death_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S. | occupation = [[Chairman]], [[Vulcan Inc.]] and [[Charter Communications]] | website = [http://www.paulallen.com/ paulallen.com] }} '''Paul Gardner Allen''' (January 21, 1953 &ndash; October 15, 2018) was an [[Americans|American]] who created [[Microsoft]] with [[Bill Gates]]. He was the fifth richest person in the United States. He lived in [[Mercer Island, Washington]]. Allen was also the outright [[owner]] of two sports teams, and was part-owner of a third. He fully owned the [[Seattle Seahawks]] of the [[National Football League|NFL]] and the [[Portland Trail Blazers]] of the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]. He was a minority owner of [[Seattle Sounders FC]] in [[Major League Soccer]]. Allen died from [[septic shock]] caused by [[non-Hodgkin lymphoma]] on October 15, 2018 in [[Seattle, Washington]] at the age of 65.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-dies-at-65/281-604572895|title=Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies at 65|access-date=October 15, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-dies-at-65/281-604572895|title=Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies at 65}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/15/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-dies-of-cancer-at-age-65.html|title=Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies of cancer at age 65|last=Wang|first=Christine|date=2018-10-15|work=CNBC|access-date=2018-10-15}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons-inline|Paul Allen}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Paul}} [[Category:1953 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from sepsis]] [[Category:Dea