Tweedy, Browne's Chris Browne Passes Away

Tweedy, Browne announced December 14 that its long-time partner, Christopher H. Browne, died on December 13 of a heart attack. Chris Browne had a 40-year career at the value firm, joining the firm in 1969 that his father, Howard Browne, helped found, and was a partner at the firm since 1974; the letter announcing his death on Tweedy, Browne’s Web site said he had taken took “a step back from his daily involvement and became a senior advisor to the firm” earlier this year.

As Morningstar.com reports in its article on his death, Browne “distinguished himself not only as a first-rate investor, but also as an admirable teacher,” citing his book, The Little Book of Value Investing, and his teaching career, notably at the Columbia Business School: videos of lectures he gave in 2006 and 2007 are available here.