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Billionaire Ken Hendricks Falls and Dies

Billionaire Ken Hendricks Falls and Dies

Ken Hendricks, the Janesville native who rose from roofer’s son to roofing-company billionaire, died this morning from injuries suffered in a fall at his Afton home Thursday night. Hendricks, 66, apparently was checking on construction work at the home when he fell shortly after 10 p.m. Emergency crews were dispatched to his house in the 4000 block of Eau Claire Road at 10:18 p.m. According to Rock County Sheriff’s Department reports: Diane Hendricks, Ken’s wife, told responders that they had … Continue reading