American conservationist and businessman Douglas Tompkins, died at the age of 72 on December 8, 2015. He died of hypothermia while kayaking, as he and the five others were capsized in strong waves. Despite being taken to hospital in a helicopter, he took his last breath when he arrived. Best known as the founder of two clothing companies: The North Face and the Esprit clothing company, Tompkins left the business in 1989 in order to continue philanthropy as an environmental activist. He also bought and conserved over 2 million acres of land in Chilean and Argentine Patagonia in order to keep them pristine, which also ... (full story)