- Rudie Sypkes
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nationality = AustralianRudie Sypkes (? -
February 8 ,2008 ) was anAustralia nbusinessman fromTasmania . Sypkes was the co-founder of theChickenfeed retail chain . cite news |first=Anne |last=Mather |title=Rudie Sypkes' shock death |url=http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23183716-921,00.html |work=The Mercury |publisher= |date=2008-02-09 |accessdate=2008-03-03]Sypkes was born in Tasmania to
immigrant parents from theNetherlands . He began his business career by helping his father, Engel, found thePurity supermarket chain. Sypkes later founded, with his brother, Peter launched the Chickenfeed Bargain Stores, a chain of discount retail stores located throughout Tasmania. They sold the Chickenfeed chain in 2001 for an estimated $35 millionAustralian dollars . Sypkes often quietly contributed tophilanthropic causes throughout Tasmania using his personalfortune . cite news |first=|last= |title=Good fortune well spent|url=http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23192428-5006549,00.html |work=The Mercury |publisher= |date=2008-02-11 |accessdate=2008-03-03]Sypkes revealed in July 2007 that he had been disgnosed with
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and donated $600,000 Australian dollars towardsresearch intorespiratory disease . Sypkes died suddenly and unexpectedly at ahospital in Tasmania onFebruary 8 ,2008 . He had been on a waiting list for a lung transplant for nine months. He was survived by his wife, Beth, and three children, Andrew, Sharon and Luke.References
External links
* [http://www.chickenfeed.com.au/ Chickenfeed Bargain Stores]
* [http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23183716-921,00.html The Mercury: Rudie Sypkes' shock death]
* [http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23188678-3462,00.html Sunday Tasmanian: Sypkes quiet philanthropist]
* [http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23217679-3462,00.html The Mercury: Farewell to the discount doyen]
* [http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,23192428-5006549,00.html The Mercury: Good fortune well spent]
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