RIP Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity

[2muchcoffeeman]

:'(

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Millard Fuller, who founded Habitat for Humanity International along with his wife, has died, officials said Tuesday. He was 74.

Fuller died early Tuesday "after a brief illness," said a statement on the Web site of the organization he currently headed, Fuller Center for Housing, in Americus, Georgia.

"Family and friends are mourning the tragic loss of a great servant leader and a genuine heart," the statement said.

Fuller had suffered from chest congestion for three to four weeks, said Holly Chapman, spokeswoman for the Fuller Center. He died about 3 a.m. en route to a hospital, she said.

With his wife, Linda, Fuller founded Habitat for Humanity International in 1976.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/03/habitat.founder.dead/index.html

 

[hondo]

Oh ... I thought you meant Millard Fillmore.

 

[HejiraHenry]

Irony meter pegged to 11 on the possibility, however remote, that he died from breathing moldy air in one of those craptastic HforH celebrity built hovels.

 

[writing irish]

Irony meter pegged to 11 on the possibility, however remote, that he died from breathing moldy air in one of those craptastic HforH celebrity built hovels.

Outstanding, but not in the way you'd hoped.

 

[pallister]

Let's make to sure to put a little sweat equity into this thread, folks.