Mark Pittman, Bloomberg Reporter Who Predicted Credit Crisis, Sued Fed, Dies

No one ever said reporting on the financial markets was easy, but the job doesn’t often claim lives.

So over the long holiday weekend, members of the financial press were shocked to learn that Mark Pittman, the Bloomberg News reporter who predicted the collapse of the banking system back in 2007, had died at the age of 52. Bloomberg reported his death on Saturday, revealing that Pittman suffered from “heart-related illnesses,” although his exact cause of death is still unclear.

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