Eugene Melnyk, owner of the Ottawa Senators, died after an illness, the association said Monday night. He was 62 years old. Melnyk’s death was discovered by the club in a statement from his family, which referred to “an illness which he faced with determination and guts”.
Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk has died at the age of 62 from illness. Melnyk’s death was uncovered by the club in a statement from his family, which referred to “an illness that he faced with determination and strength.” The group did not disclose data on the infection. Melnyk had a liver transfer in 2015 after a public push to locate a living donor.
Melnyk has owned the Senators starting in 2003 when he paid $92 million for the NHL team. The Senators reached the Stanley Cup Final under his possession in 2007, and a final meeting in 2017. Eugene Melnyk did not update ideas about his total assets after 2017, at that time it was estimated at 1.21 billion dollars.
We’re guessing he was much more extravagant before his passing than he was in 2017. Melnyk was ranked 79th in Canadian Business magazine’s 2017 roundup of the 100 richest people in Canada, with total assets of $1.21 billion. He was probably the richest occupant of Barbados. He was the creator, former director and CEO of Biovail Corporation, which was previously the largest freely registered pharmaceutical company in Canada, with annual revenues of more than 1 billion Canadian dollars.
Forbes magazine ranked the Ottawa Senators as the 26th most important establishment in the NHL in December 2020, with a value of 450 million dollars.
It is with great sadness that the family of Eugene Melnyk and the Ottawa Senators hockey organization announce his passing on March 28, 2022 after an illness that he faced with determination and courage. https://t.co/MrHsTvu7sz pic.twitter.com/DOZrJcD26e
— Ottawa Senators (@Senators) March 29, 2022
Details of the wife and children of Eugene Melnyk Eugene Melnyk did not share data that indicated his partner. Still, he shared that he was a happy father to his two daughters, Olivia and Anna. Melnyk was born on May 27, 1959, in Toronto, Ontario, to Ukrainian guardians. He was both a Canadian resident and a Barbadian.
Melnyk’s family and Ottawa senators confirmed Melnyk’s death on Twitter on March 28, 2022, attributable to an unidentified ailment. He was also a donor through the Senators Community Foundation, where he also contributed $100 million to good neighborhood causes and local projects that benefit children and young people in the capital district.
Melnyk was also the primary ally of Anna House, a children’s care facility in Belmont, New York, and Roger Nielson House, a pediatric hospice clinic in Ottawa named after a beloved former mentor.