M&A legend, Bruce Wasserstein, dies

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To say Bruce Wasserstein was "smart" is a big understatement. He was supersmart. He graduated from high school at 16 and got an MBA and JD from Harvard by 23. By the mid 1970s, he was a big-time M&A lawyer at Swaine & Moore and then became an investment banker at First Boston. From there, he revolutionized the M&A business, as he was a dealmaker in some of the decade's marquee deals. He always seemed to be in perpetual motion, structuring one complex deal after another.

Unfortunately, after falling ill recently from a heart condition, he died today. He was 61. This is according to a report in the Wall Street Journal [a paid publication].

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