8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (2)
#4850980 at 2019-01-21 21:44:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6192: No Coincidences Edition
Suicide weekend? Not the folks I expected.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/brandon-truaxe-founder-deciem-ordinary-185337598.html
Brandon Truaxe, the founder of Deciem and company's former co-CEO, has passed away at the age of 40.
According to reports from Vox and Fashionista, current Deciem CEO Nicola Kilner confirmed the news in an internal email on Monday. According to Vox, Kilner alerted the company with the following email: "I can't believe I am typing these words. Brandon has passed away over the weekend. Heartbroken doesn't come close to how I, and how I know many of you will be feeling. All offices, warehouses, factories and stores please close today and take the time to cry with sadness, smile at the good times we had, reflect on what his genius built and hug your loved ones that little harder. We are all in disbelief and shock but I will be in touch again very soon. I love you all incredibly much, as did he."
Deciem - as well as breakout star The Ordinary, Deciem's affordable skin-care line - launched in 2013. In just a few short years, The Ordinary was racking up lengthy wait lists and scoring rave reviews from the likes of beauty editors and many, many celebrities. In 2017, Estée Lauder acquired a minority stake in the brand.
Over the past year, Truaxe became a controversial figure as the company's public face. He often posted to Deciem's Instagram feed directly, in increasingly volatile messages accusing Estée Lauder, and specific executives, of "financial crimes." In October of 2018, Truaxe shared a video to Instagram announcing that he was temporarily shutting down the company. Estée Lauder took legal action and a judge removed Truaxe from the company, appointing Truaxe's former co-CEO Nicola Kilner to her current position as acting CEO.
In December, a report in the Financial Post revealed Truaxe had been hospitalized various times in London and Toronto for mental health concerns. (It is important to note that, while Truaxe reportedly struggled with his mental health, a cause of death has not been confirmed, so, until further notice, any speculation on how he passed away is simply that: speculation.) Truaxe last posted on Instagram on January 19, with videos on his personal Instagram page showing him alone in his penthouse in Toronto.
This is a developing story. Allure has reached out to Deciem and the Estée Lauder Companies and will update this post accordingly.
If you struggle with suicidal thoughts, depression, or both, help is available. In an emergency situation, call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255 or text "HOME" to the Crisis Text Line at 741741.
and this dude the figure skater
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/u-figure-skater-john-coughlin-164645169.html
Coughlin died at age 33 in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday, according to his sister Angela Laune. His death came one day after he was suspended from the sport.
#3421842 at 2018-10-10 08:17:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4337: Shills Only Shill Edition
The Location For The Post Is Interesting
Truaxe did not give a clear reason for the closure of the stores, which are often emblazoned with "the Abnormal Beauty Company" slogan, but alludes to criminal charges in the video.
"Please take me seriously," he said. "Almost everyone at Deciem has been involved in a major criminal activity, which includes financial crimes and much other. You have no idea what a soldier I have been for 13 years."
Truaxe listed his location for the post as the White House and named and tagged dozens of high-profile brands and people, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, RBC, U.S. President Donald Trump and recent Deciem investor Estee Lauder Companies Inc. in the missive.
In a statement made to The Canadian Press, Estee Lauder distanced itself from the matter by calling it a "minority" investor in the brand, and noting "we do not control the company's operations, social media or personnel decisions."
Truaxe's mysterious post comes years after he founded Deciem in 2013 and shot to fame with droves of loyal fans, including Kim Kardashian West, who once raved about the brand's The Ordinary Granactive Retinoid Two per cent Emulsion Serum.
Deciem sold its products, which include the popular The Ordinary line, online, in various department stores and at about 30 stores it opened in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., Mexico, South Korea and the Netherlands.
On Tuesday, Deciem's website noted almost all of them were closed and the phone went unanswered when The Canadian Press tried to reach managers at several locations.
Deciem spokespeople did not respond to requests for comment.
Square One, a mall west of Toronto where Deciem was a tenant, said it did not receive advance notice of the decision to shutter the stores.
"Square One was made aware of the closure at the same time it was made public," a spokesman said in an email, noting that it would not comment on "business decisions of any of our tenants.
Truaxe's Instagram post announcing the store closure was not the first time he caught attention for his social media missives. In January, he posted about an attempted hack on Deciem's Instagram page, saying "This could be a past employee, someone who doesn't like us, a competitor, we don't really know but we're going to find out."
Days later he was telling his followers that he was dropping his chief executive officer title in favour of "worker."
"Responsible people don't need CEOs and our team has been really responsible," he said. "I've never liked any of my bosses in my life, so I don't want to be a boss; I want to be a friend. I want people to be my friend and not my employee."
In February, he posted a handful of videos of garbage piles with captions promising to eliminate plastic shopping bags, droppers and foundation bottles. It's unclear if he ever made good on the promise.
A remark from Truaxe to a social media follower in February angered some of the brand's fans enough for them to begin posting images of burning Deciem products.
Truaxe then ousted his co-CEO Nicola Kilner and the brand's chief financial officer Stephen Kaplan stepped down.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/10/09/deciem-to-close-all-of-its-stores-following-instagram-post-from-founder.html>>3421818