James Michael Cline, the finance executive who founded Fandango in 2000 and remained with the company through 2011, died Tuesday in Manhattan of an apparent suicide. He was 64.
The finance executive is suspected of jumping from the 20th floor of the Kimberly Hotel.
NYPD said in a statement that officers responded to the Kimberly Hotel Tuesday morning. “Upon arrival, officers found an unconscious and unresponsive male with injuries indicative of a fall from an elevated position. The investigation remains ongoing,” authorities said in a statement to media.
Cline and Art Levitt founded Fandango in 2000. The pair built relationships with movie theater chains Loews Cineplex Entertainment, Regal Cinemas, Carmike Cinemas, Cinemark Theaters, General Cinema Theaters, Edwards Theatres and Century Theatres to create the online service that simplified the process of buying advance movie tickets for cinema goers.