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Cash App Founder Bob Lee Stabbed To Death In San Francisco

<p><strong>Bob Lee<&sol;strong>&comma; one of the people who co-founded <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;bow-wow-has-a-message-for-groupies-flying-out-during-the-pandemic-they-willing-to-die-for-a-cash-app-alert&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Cash App&comma;<&sol;a> tragically lost his life following a fatal stabbing in Northern California&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Tech Exec Was Visiting San Francisco &&num;8216&semi;For A Quick Visit&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nbcbayarea&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;san-francisco&sol;san-francisco-stabbing&sol;3198467&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">NBC Bay Area<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; the 43-year-old was attacked on Tuesday morning in San Francisco&period; Reporter Scott McGrew points out that people close to Lee said he had recently relocated to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;georgia-student-identified-as-one-of-two-victims-killed-in-miami-beach-spring-break-shootings&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;8v7mz7&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;MTk4OTYzMDE3My4xNjgwNzA2OTQ1&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4MDcwNjk0NC4xLjEuMTY4MDcwNjk2Ny4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Miami<&sol;a>&comma; though he popped back into San Francisco &&num;8220&semi;for a quick visit&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1643589878553411585" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Officers arrived at the scene of the incident shortly after 2&colon;30 a&period;m&period; and got Lee transported to a nearby hospital&comma; where he ultimately passed away on account of his injuries&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>No details on any potential suspects have been released&comma; and no arrests have been made in the case&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Bob Lee Is Remembered As &&num;8216&semi;A Force Of Nature&&num;8217&semi;&colon; &&num;8216&semi;He Was A Child Of Dreams&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The tragic news was addressed in a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nbcbayarea&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;san-francisco&sol;san-francisco-stabbing&sol;3198467&sol;&quest;&lowbar;osource&equals;SocialFlowTwt&lowbar;BAYBrand" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">statement<&sol;a> from Josh Goldbard—CEO of MobileCoin&comma; a cryptocurrency for which Lee was the chief product officer &lpar;CPO&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Our dear friend and colleague&comma; Bob Lee passed away yesterday at the age of 43&comma; survived by a loving family and collection of close friends and collaborators&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Within this statement&comma; Goldbard remembered Bob Lee as &&num;8220&semi;the quintessential creator&comma; leader&comma; and consummate hacker&&num;8221&semi; and noted that he &&num;8220&semi;surely had an impact that will last far beyond his short time on earth&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Bob was a dynamo&comma; a force of nature&period; Bob was the genuine article&period; He was made for the world that is being born right now&comma; he was a child of dreams&comma; and whatever he imagined&comma; no matter how crazy&comma; he made real&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>While acknowledging Bob&&num;8217&semi;s work&comma; we should add that he was also the first chief technology officer &lpar;CTO&rpar; for Square&comma; a popular program that helps businesses process credit and debit card payments&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He&&num;8217&semi;s also noted as having made &&num;8220&semi;large contributions to Android&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and his <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;linkedin&period;com&sol;in&sol;crazybob&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">LinkedIn<&sol;a> profile acknowledges that he &&num;8220&semi;added several features to the Java programming language and platform&period;&&num;8221&semi; As such&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s clear that Lee&&num;8217&semi;s work impacted many lives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The San Francisco Police Department is asking for anyone with information on the matter to 415-575-4444&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">There are no further updates to the situation at this time&period; We send our condolences to Bob Lee&&num;8217&semi;s loved ones&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; 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