Charles Keating, Face of Savings and Loan Bust, Dies at 90
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Charles H. Keating, whose leadership of a California savings and loan made him the face of a U.S. banking crisis and a millstone around the politicians who tried to help him, has died. He was 90.
His son-in-law, Gary Hall, confirmed his death, according to the New York Times. His longtime lawyer, Stephen C. Neal, said Keating had become ill a few weeks ago and died in a Phoenix hospital on March 31, the Arizona Republic reported.