UK homebuilder Berkeley co-founder and chairman dies at 72
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(Reuters) - British homebuilder Berkeley Group said its chairman and co-founder, Tony Pidgley, died suddenly on Friday, and deputy chairman Glyn Barker will take up the role on an interim basis."He died of a stroke, he was working yesterday and went to (the) hospital last night and then sadly passed away earlier today," a company spokesman told Reuters in an e-mail statement.Pidgley, 72, helped set up the FTSE 100 company in 1976 and became Berkeley's chairman over a decade ago. Deputy..