Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot dies in plane crash in France (opens in new tab)

Claude Guillemot, a co-founder of French video-game publisher Ubisoft, died at 69 after a twin-engine Cessna 421 crashed Friday evening near La Baule-Escoublac Airport on France’s Atlantic coast. Mayor Franck Louvrier said Guillemot and a flight instructor, both licensed and experienced pilots, were aboard; both died, and authorities opened an investigation. An airport official told The Associated Press the plane crashed in a field shortly before landing. Ubisoft confirmed Guillemot’s death b...