Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies at 65; creative programmer was ‘the idea man’

Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen holds the the Vince Lombardi Trophy after NFL Super Bowl XLVIII against the Denver Broncos in East Rutherford, N.J., on Feb. 2, 2014. The Seahawks won 43-8. Allen died Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, at age 65. Earlier this month Allen said the cancer he was treated for in 2009, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, had returned.

Paul Allen, founder of SpaceShipOne, at a news conference to mark the donation of SpaceShipOne to the National Air and Space Museum on Oct. 5, 2005, in Washington, D.C. SpaceShipOne was the first privately built and piloted vehicle to reach space.

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, left, chats with Portland Trail Blazers owner and former business partner Paul Allen during a game between the Trail Blazers and Seattle SuperSonics in Seattle on March 11, 2003.

Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen celebrates after NFL Super Bowl XLVIII in East Rutherford, N.J.

Paul Allen at Seattle Seahawks headquarters in Kirkland, Wash., on April 23, 1996. The eye of the team logo peers over his shoulder.

Paul Allen, right, jams with the Beatniks’ Bobby Beaulieu on June 18, 1997, after an election night watch party in Seattle.