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Events on Wednesday 5 July 2006 2
1942 – 2006Ken Lay (1942-2006)Died 5 July 2006, aged 64Kenneth Lay, founder and former chairman of Enron, died of a heart attack at his home in Colorado weeks before his scheduled sentencing. He had been convicted of fraud and conspiracy over the company's 2001 collapse. His conviction was later vacated because he died before sentencing.
2006 – 2007Second prison sentenceFor leaving rehabSentenced in July 2006 to two to four years in a New York State prison for violating a plea deal by leaving a drug rehabilitation centre — a sentence originally set to run until July 2009, though he was released earlier.