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Crowd of Titans Gathers for Wall Street ‘Connector’ Jimmy Lee

The finance world gathers to mourn a legend

JPMorgan's Jimmy Lee: The Master Dealmaker's Legacy

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By Hugh Son, Amanda Gordon and Jennifer Surane

June 22, 2015 at 3:02 PM UTC

Updated on

June 22, 2015 at 6:53 PM UTC

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Luminaries of American capitalism gathered Monday to remember James B. “Jimmy” Lee as a Wall Street dealmaker who fought tirelessly for clients and befriended just about everyone he met.

Many of those friends filled St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York to pay tribute to Lee, a JPMorgan Chase & Co. vice chairman who died unexpectedly on June 17 after falling ill at his Connecticut home.