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Greek media mogul Minos Kyriakou, a former president of the country's Olympic Committee, has died. He was 75.

The private Athens Medical Center says Kyriakou died Sunday of a heart attack.

Greek media mogul and shipowner Minos Kyriakou, a former president of the country’s Olympic Committee, has died. He was 75.

Kyriakou died Sunday of a heart attack, the private Athens Medical Center said.

Kyriakou was born on May 31, 1942 in Poros, Greece. He began his career as a ship owner in the mid-1960s and remained involved in the sector.