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Wall Street broker and father of JP Morgan CEO dies at 85

Theodore Dimon's wife also battled cancer and died just a day after her husband on June 6 at 84 years old

Veteran Wall Street broker Theodore Dimon, father of JP Morgan chairman and chief executive James Dimon, died on June 5 after battling cancer.

Known as Ted Sr. to his family, he passed at the age of 85, continuing to work in the office until a few months before his death. While Ted Dimon worked at JP Morgan for the last several years, he and his son Jamie had agreed he reported to himself.

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