Godspeed, Paul.

Godspeed, Paul. WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY

Paul Allen, cofounder of Microsoft, owner of the Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trail Blazers, local Seattle philanthropist, and lover of sci-fi has died at age 65.

Allen died Monday afternoon from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Just two weeks ago, Allen announced that the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a disease he battled in 2009, was back.

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